From current vaccine recommendations to everyday practices: An analysis in five sub-Saharan African countries

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 51, 2015, Pages 7290-7298

  Delrieu, Isabelle ^a   Gessner, Bradford D ^a   Baril, Laurence ^b   Roset Bahmanyar, Edith ^c  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Timeliness; Vaccine introduction

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES CONTAINING VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; TETANUS; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YELLOW FEVER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955366780     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.10.107     Document Type: Article

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