System within systems: Challenges and opportunities for the expanded programme on immunisation in Pakistan

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Haq, Zaeem ^a   Shaikh, Babar Tasneem ^a   Tran, Nhan ^b   Hafeez, Assad ^a   Ghaffar, Abdul ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^b Health Policy and Planning and Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

challenges; governance; health system; Immunisation programme; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; ECOLOGY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; POPULATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; VACCINATION; VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES; VACCINES;

EID: 85065915651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-019-0452-z     Document Type: Article

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