Drivers of routine immunization coverage improvement in Africa: Findings from district-level case studies

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 298-308

  LaFond, Anne ^a   Kanagat, Natasha ^a   Steinglass, Robert ^a   Fields, Rebecca ^a   Sequeira, Jenny ^a   Mookherji, Sangeeta ^b  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cameroon; case study; DTP3; EPI; Ethiopia; Ghana; health system; Immunization; immunization system; mixed method; Penta3; performance improvement; positive deviance; vaccination

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

CAMEROON; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84926643786     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu011     Document Type: Article

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