Moving forward with strengthening routine immunization delivery as part of measles and rubella elimination activities

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL2, 2013, Pages

  Fields, Rebecca ^a   Dabbagh, Alya ^b   Jain, Manish ^c   Sagar, Karan Singh ^c  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c India MCHIP Project JSI   (India)

Author keywords

Measles; Routine immunization; Supplementary immunization activities; System strengthening

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUBELLA; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; LAOS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; NEPAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUBELLA;

EID: 84876720103     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.094     Document Type: Review

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