Benefits of using vaccines out of the cold chain: Delivering Meningitis A vaccine in a controlled temperature chain during the mass immunization campaign in Benin

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1431-1435

  Zipursky, Simona ^a   Djingarey, Mamoudou Harouna ^a   Lodjo, Jean Claude ^b   Olodo, Laifoya ^b   Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre ^c   Ronveaux, Olivier ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Benin)

^c Ministry of Health ^*

Author keywords

Africa; Campaign; Cold chain; Controlled temperature chain; Immunization; Logistics; Out of the cold chain; Outreach; Thermostability; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BENIN; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE CHAIN; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; REFRIGERATOR; RURAL POPULATION; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSTABILITY; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

AFRICA; CAMPAIGN; COLD CHAIN; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE CHAIN; IMMUNIZATION; LOGISTICS; OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN; OUTREACH; THERMOSTABILITY; VACCINE;

BENIN; DRUG STORAGE; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; REFRIGERATION; TEMPERATURE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84896726517     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.038     Document Type: Article

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