Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination: From protecting women and newborns to protecting all

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-180

  Khan, Rownak ^a   Vandelaer, Jos ^a   Yakubu, Ahmadu ^b   Raza, Azhar Abid ^a   Zulu, Flint ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clean delivery; Elimination; High risk; Immunization; Maternal; Neonatal; Tetanus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLEAN DELIVERY PRACTICE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL TETANUS; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN TETANUS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOMALIA; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 84922366702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S50539     Document Type: Article

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