Pakistan's expanded programme on immunization: An overview in the context of polio eradication and strategies for improving coverage

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 3313-3319

  Owais, Aatekah ^a   Khowaja, Asif Raza ^a   Ali, Syed Asad ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

EPI; Overview; Pakistan; Polio eradication

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DIPHTHERIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEASLES; PAKISTAN; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EPI; OVERVIEW; PAKISTAN; POLIO ERADICATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL;

EID: 84879883494     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.015     Document Type: Review

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