Unless changes are made in Benin, multiple storage and transport bottlenecks may prevent vaccines from reaching the population

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 2518-2519

  Brown, Shawn T ^a   Lee, Bruce Y ^b  

^a PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benin; Logistics; Operations research; Supply chains; Vaccine distribution

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BENIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG STORAGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIPPING; SIMULATION;

BENIN; LOGISTICS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAINS; VACCINE DISTRIBUTION;

BENIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG STORAGE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; TRANSPORTATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84898412786     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.060     Document Type: Article

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