Strengthening routine immunization systems to improve global vaccination coverage

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-14

  Sodha, S V ^a   Dietz, V ^a  

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

Author keywords

Expanded Programme on Immunization; global health; Immunization; routine immunization; vaccination; vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIPHTHERIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFANT; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84924559883     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldv001     Document Type: Article

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