Tracking vaccination teams during polio campaigns in Northern Nigeria by use of geographic information system technology: 2013-2015

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue , 2016, Pages S67-S72

  Touray, Kebba ^a   Mkanda, Pascal ^a   Tegegn, Sisay G ^a   Nsubuga, Peter ^b   Erbeto, Tesfaye B ^a   Banda, Richard ^a   Etsano, Andrew ^b   Shuaib, Faisal ^b   Vaz, Rui G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Global Public Health Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

dashboard; geographic coverage of settlements; team performance; tracking vaccination teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOBILE PHONE; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; TEAMWORK; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VACCINATION;

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84966455206     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv493     Document Type: Article

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