High coverage of vitamin a supplementation and measles vaccination during an integrated maternal and child health week in Sierra Leone

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-31

  Sesay, Fatmata F ^a   Hodges, Mary H ^a   Kamara, Habib I ^a   Turay, Mohamed ^a   Wolfe, Adam ^b   Samba, Thomas T ^c   Koroma, Aminata S ^c   Kamara, Wogba ^c   Fall, Amadou ^d   Mitula, Pamela ^d   Conteh, Ishata ^d   Maksha, Nuhu ^e   Jambai, Amara ^c  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e United Nations Children's Fund Country Office   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Coverage; Episurveyor; Measles; Vaccination; Vitamin a supplementation

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COLLAPSE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; INTERVIEW; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN REDNESS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHILD WELFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; SIERRA LEONE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84922476514     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu073     Document Type: Article

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