Effectiveness of Muskaan ek Abhiyan (the smile campaign) for strengthening routine immunization in Bihar, India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Goel, Sonu ^a   Dogra, Vishal ^b   Gupta, Satish Kumar ^c   Lakshmi, P V M ^a   Varkey, Sherin ^c   Pradhan, Narottam ^c   Krishna, Gopal ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN)   (India)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Immunization; India; Intersectoral coordination; Performance based incentives

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; THE SMILE CAMPAIGN;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; INFANT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863086879     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0023-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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