The Final Push for Polio Eradication: Addressing the Challenge of Violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Abimbola, Seye ^a   Malik, Asmat Ullah ^b   Mansoor, Ghulam Farooq ^c  

^a NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^b Integrated Health Services   (Pakistan)

^c Health Protection and Research Organization   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; DISEASE ERADICATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WELFARE; VACCINATION; VIOLENCE;

AFGHANISTAN; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS;

EID: 84886601734     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001529     Document Type: Article

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