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Coverage of child immunisation and its determinants in India [1]

For reducing morbidity, mortality and disabilities from the six serious but preventable diseases—that is, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis and measles—the government of India initiated Expanded Programme on Immunisation by making free vaccination services easily available to all eligible children. Despite considerable gains in immunisation coverage, a large chunk of children die from vaccine preventable diseases.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2012
Harihar Sahoo [2]
Social Change [3]
42
2
187-202
Tags:
Immunisation [4], Child Health [5], India [6], Health Policy [7], Health Care [8], Government Of India (GOI) [9], Tuberculosis [10], Polio [11], Measles [12], Vaccination [13], Statistics [14]
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