Missed opportunities in full immunization coverage: Findings from low- and lower-middle-income countries

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Restrepo Méndez, María Clara ^a   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Wong, Kerry L M ^a   Johnson, Hope L ^b   Pariyo, George ^c   Wehrmeister, Fernando C ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b GAVI Alliance   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Health services; Immunization; Vaccination; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84969506277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.30963     Document Type: Article

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