The global polio eradication initiative: Progress, lessons learned, and polio legacy transition planning

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 277-283

  Cochi, Stephen L ^a   Hegg, Lea ^b   Kaur, Anjali ^c   Pandak, Carol ^d   Jafari, Hamid ^e  

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

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d PolioPlus at Rotary International   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; ANGOLA; BANGLADESH; BUDGET; CAMEROON; CHAD; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MYANMAR; NEPAL; NIGERIA; NOTE; PAKISTAN; POLIO ERADICATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMALIA; SOUTH SUDAN; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUDAN; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRENDS;

AFGHANISTAN; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE ERADICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS;

EID: 84958676699     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1104     Document Type: Note

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