High and equitable mass Vitamin A supplementation coverage in Sierra Leone: A post-event coverage survey

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-179

  Hodges, Mary H ^a   Sesay, Fatmata F ^a   Kamara, Habib I ^a   Turay, Mohamed ^a   Koroma, Aminata S ^b   Blankenship, Jessica L ^a   Katcher, Heather I ^a  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

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EID: 85000499663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00005     Document Type: Article

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