Slow progress in finalizing measles and rubella elimination in the European Region

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 322-326

  Biellik, Robin ^a   Davidkin, Iria ^b   Esposito, Susanna ^c   Lobanov, Andrey ^d   Kojouharova, Mira ^e   Pfaff, Günter ^f   Santos, José Ignacio ^g   Simpson, John ^h   Mamou, Myriam Ben ⁱ   Butler, Robb ⁱ   Deshevoi, Sergei ⁱ   Huseynov, Shahin ⁱ   Jankovic, Dragan ⁱ   Shefer, Abigail ^i,j  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Ministry of Health ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^f State Administration Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

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

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORBIDITY; RUBELLA; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RUBELLA; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84958672856     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1055     Document Type: Article

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