Findings from a hepatitis B birth dose assessment in health facilities in the Philippines: Opportunities to engage the private sector

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 5140-5144

  Patel, Minal K ^a   Capeding, Rosario Z ^b   Ducusin, Joyce U ^c   de Quiroz Castro, Maricel ^d   Garcia, Luzviminda C ^c   Hennessey, Karen ^d  

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

^b Research Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Philippines)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth dose; Hepatitis B vaccine; Perinatal transmission; Philippines; Private hospitals

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84906080912     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.097     Document Type: Article

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