Mass immunization with inactivated polio vaccine in conflict zones - Experience from Borno and Yobe States, North-Eastern Nigeria

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 36-50

  M Shuaibu, Faisal ^a   Birukila, Gerida ^b   Usman, Samuel ^c   Mohammed, Ado ^d   Galway, Michael ^e   Corkum, Melissa ^b   Damisa, Eunice ^a   Mkanda, Pascal ^e,f   Mahoney, Frank ^g   Wa Nganda, Gatei ^g   Vertefeuille, John ^g   Chavez, Anna ^e,f   Meleh, Sule ^f,h   Banda, Richard ^e,f   Some, Almai ^f,h   Mshelia, Hyelni ^f,h   Umar, Al Umra ^b   Enemaku, Ogu ^b   Etsano, Andrew ^a  

^a National Polio Emergency Operations Center   (Nigeria)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Collaboration Resources for Child Health ^*  (Nigeria)

^d NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^h Polio Emergency Operation Center   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

immunization; IPV; Nigeria; OPV; polio; war

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

HUMAN; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WARFARE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS VACCINATION; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WARFARE;

EID: 84955086867     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2015.34     Document Type: Article

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