Vaccine storage and cold chain monitoring in the North West region of Cameroon: A cross sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yakum, Martin Ndinakie ^a,c   Ateudjieu, Jerome ^a,b,c   Walter, Ebile Akoh ^a,c   Watcho, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^c Meilleur Accès Aux Soins de Santé ^*  (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cold chain; EPI; Evaluate; Monitoring; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG STORAGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REFRIGERATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG STORAGE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; REFRIGERATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VACCINES;

EID: 84928041251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1109-9     Document Type: Article

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