State of inequality in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunisation coverage in low-income and middle-income countries: a multicountry study of household health surveys

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2016, Pages e617-e626

  Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^a   Bergen, Nicole ^a,b   Schlotheuber, Anne ^a   Gacic Dobo, Marta ^a   Hansen, Peter M ^c   Senouci, Kamel ^a   Boerma, Ties ^a   Barros, Aluisio J D ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c GAVI Alliance   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COUNTRY ECONOMIC STATUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INEQUALITY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

EID: 85027954970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30141-3     Document Type: Article

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