Impact of supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns on health systems: Findings from South Africa

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 947-952

  Verguet, Stéphane ^a   Jassat, Waasila ^b,c   Bertram, Melanie Y ^b   Tollman, Stephen M ^b,d,e   Murray, Christopher J L ^a   Jamison, Dean T ^a   Hofman, Karen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Health Systems Trust   (South Africa)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VACCINE; WOMENS HEALTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL HLTH; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL HLTH;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84885362287     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202216     Document Type: Article

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