Inequalities in full immunization coverage: Trends in low-and middle-income countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 794-805A

  Restrepo Méndez, María Clara ^a   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Wong, Kerry L M ^a   Johnson, Hope L ^b   Pariyo, George ^c   França, Giovanny V A ^a   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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEASLES; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TETANUS; VACCINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

CHAD; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE; RWANDA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

EID: 84994583216     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.15.162172     Document Type: Article

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