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Diphtheria
Data on diphtheria published by researchers at University of Washington
January 21st, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, " Substantial resources have been invested in increasing childhood immunisation coverage through global initiatives such as the Universal Childhood Immunisation (UCI) campaign and the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI). There are longstanding concerns that target-oriented and performance-oriented initiatives such as UCI and GAVI's immunisation services support (ISS) might encourage over-reporting." "We estimated the coverage of three doses of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine (DTP3) based on surveys using all available data. We estimated DTP3 coverage by analysing unit record data from...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-01-21)
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