Missed opportunities and barriers for vaccination: a descriptive analysis of private and public health facilities in four African countries

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Olorunsaiye, Comfort Zuyeali ^a   Langhamer, Margaret Shaw ^a,b   Wallace, Aaron Stuart ^a   Watkins, Margaret Lyons ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Immunization; Service Provision Assessment survey; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIPHTHERIA; FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B MENINGITIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PERTUSSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TETANUS; VACCINATION COVERAGE; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; VACCINATION; VACCINATION COVERAGE; VACCINES;

EID: 85042085196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/PAMJ.SUPP.2017.27.3.12083     Document Type: Article

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