Using geographic information systems to track polio vaccination team performance: Pilot project report

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue , 2014, Pages S98-S101

  Gammino, Victoria M ^a   Nuhu, Adamu ^b   Chenoweth, Paul ^a   Manneh, Fadinding ^c   Young, Randall R ^d   Sugerman, David E ^a   Gerber, Sue ^a,e   Abanida, Emmanuel ^b   Gasasira, Alex ^c  

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

^b AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^c National Primary Health Care Development Agency of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

geospatial analysis; GIS; immunization campaign; operations research; polio; program evaluation; supplemental immunization activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MONITORING; NIGERIA; PILOT STUDY; REFERENCE DATABASE; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STUDY; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; UTILIZATION;

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84910645933     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit285     Document Type: Article

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