Immunization coverage of 12-23 months old children and associated factors in Jigjiga District, Somali National Regional State, Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mohamud, Abdi Nur ^a   Feleke, Amsalu ^b   Worku, Walelegn ^b   Kifle, Manay ^b   Sharma, Hardeep Rai ^c  

^a Somali National Regional State   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Ethiopia; Immunization coverage; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84938091479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-865     Document Type: Article

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