Combined use of inactivated and oral poliovirus vaccines in refugee camps and surrounding communities - Kenya, December 2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 11, 2014, Pages 237-241

  Sheikh, Mohamed A ^a   Makokha, Frederick ^a   Hussein, M Abdullahi ^a   Mohamed, Gedi ^b   Mach, Ondrej ^b   Humayun, Kabir ^b   Okiror, Samuel ^c   Abrar, Leila ^d   Nasibov, Orkhan ^e   Burton, John ^e   Unshur, Ahmed ^f   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^g   Estivariz, Concepcion F ^g  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Kenya)

^f Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; KENYA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFUGEES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84899577107     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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