Improving access to immunisation for migrants and refugees: recommendations from a stakeholder workshop

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 118-120

  Kpozehouen, Elizabeth ^a,d   Heywood, Anita E ^a,d   Kay, Margaret ^b   Smith, Mitchell ^c   Paudel, Prakash ^a   Sheikh, Mohamud ^a,d   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Refugee Health Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 85003914649     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12602     Document Type: Note

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