An assessment of hepatitis B vaccine introduction in India: Lessons for roll out and scale up of new vaccines in immunization programs

An assessment of hepatitis B vaccine introduction in India: Lessons for roll out and scale up of new vaccines in immunization programs

Background: Hepatitis B vaccine was introduced in the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) of 10 states of India in the year 2007-08. This assessment was planned and conducted to ascertain the reasons for low reported coverage of Hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine in comparison of similarly timed diphtheri...

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Main Authors: Chandrakant Lahariya, B P Subramanya, Stephen Sosler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Birth dose
Hepatitis B vaccine
India
New vaccines introduction
Vaccination
Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2013;volume=57;issue=1;spage=8;epage=14;aulast=Lahariya

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