Triumph over adversity: Pakistan's successes against polio

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e38-

  Mohiuddin, Hafsa ^a   Godil, Ansab ^a   Hafiz, Muhammad Yusuf ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ERADICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; TERRORISM;

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; RELIGION; TERRORISM;

EID: 85003587650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30134-6     Document Type: Letter

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