Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study: evidence from rural South Africa

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Childhood vaccination coverage can be estimated from a range of sources. This study aims to validate vaccination data from a longitudinal population-based demographic surveillance system (DSS) against data from a clinical cohort stud...

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Main Authors: Bärnighausen Till, Bland Ruth, Ndirangu James, Newell Marie-Louise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/372