Measles vaccination in Africa: by how much could routine coverage be improved?
Vaccine
; 20(1-2): 16-8, 2001 Oct 12.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11567740
ABSTRACT
Assuming that the level of Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) coverage gives a measure of access to immunisation services, it is possible to derive what fraction of infants are not immunised against measles due to under-utilisation of existing services (rather than unavailability of services). According to the most recent official statistics, the overall coverage for measles vaccine is 53% in Africa (10% lower than for BCG). This difference amounts to 3 million African children who will not be vaccinated against measles this year even though they probably have access to immunisation services.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vacina contra Sarampo
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Vacinação
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vaccine
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido