Monitoring equity in vaccination coverage: A systematic analysis of demographic and health surveys from 45 Gavi-supported countries

Vaccine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 951-959

  Arsenault, Catherine ^a   Harper, Sam ^a   Nandi, Arijit ^a   Mendoza Rodríguez, José M ^b   Hansen, Peter M ^c   Johri, Mira ^d,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c GAVI Alliance   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing countries; DTP3 coverage; Equity; Healthcare disparities; MCV coverage; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MONITORING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STRATIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

EID: 85008467940     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.041     Document Type: Article

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