The performance of the expanded programme on immunization in a rural area of Mozambique
Acta trop.; 146 (), 2015
Vaccines are an effective public health measure. Vaccination coverage has improved in Africa in the last decades but has still not reached WHO/UNICEF target of at least 90% first-dose coverage for vaccines in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) implemented in Mozambique in 1979. There are concer...
BCG Vaccine/therapeutic use, Mass Vaccination, Immunization Programs, Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine, Haemophilus Infections, Hepatitis B Vaccines, Tuberculosis Vaccines, Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral, Mozambique, Rural Population, Diphtheria/prevention & control, Virus Diseases/prevention & control