Revised Household-Based Microplanning in Polio Supplemental Immunization Activities in Kano State, Nigeria. 2013–2014
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Revised Household-Based Microplanning in Polio Supplemental Immunization Activities in Kano State, Nigeria. 2013–2014
BACKGROUND Remarkable progress had been made since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. However endemic wild poliovirus transmission in Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan remains an issue of international concern. Poor microplanning has been identified as a major contributor to the high numbers of chronically missed children. METHODS We assessed the contribution of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv589