National immunisation days for polio eradication in Uganda: Did immunisation cards increase coverage?
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National immunisation days for polio eradication in Uganda: did immunisation cards increase coverage?
OBJECTIVE To analyse the effect of cards and of vitamin A supplementation on coverage for National Immunisation Days (NIDs). DESIGN A retrospective ecological study. SETTING A countrywide NIDs coverage before and after introduction of the NIDs cards and vitamin A supplementation in all districts of Uganda. METHODS NIDs for polio eradication commenced in Uganda in 1996. Two rounds, one mon...
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0012-835X
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v77i2.46390