Unvaccinated children in years of increasing coverage: How many and who are they? Evidence from 96 low- and middle-income countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 697-710

  Bosch Capblanch, Xavier ^a,b   Banerjee, K ^c   Burton, A ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Demographic and Health Surveys; Immunisation; LMIC; Unvaccinated

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

CHILD HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; PLANNING PROCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; POLIOMYELITIS; STATISTICS; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84861692062     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02989.x     Document Type: Article

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