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Strengthening the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Africa: Looking beyond 2015

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  • Shingai Machingaidze
  • Charles S Wiysonge
  • Gregory D Hussey

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Shingai Machingaidze and colleagues reflect on the successes and shortfalls of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Africa, and the considerable challenges that must now be addressed to improve immunization systems.

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  • Shingai Machingaidze & Charles S Wiysonge & Gregory D Hussey, 2013. "Strengthening the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Africa: Looking beyond 2015," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(3), pages 1-5, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001405
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001405
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    1. Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica & Nicholas Ngepah, 2023. "Health outcome convergence in Africa: the roles of immunization and public health spending," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Teshita Uke Chikako & Abdul-Aziz Seidu & John Elvis Hagan & Richard Gyan Aboagye & Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, 2021. "Bayesian Analysis of Predictors of Incomplete Vaccination against Polio among Children Aged 12–23 Months in Ethiopia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-12, November.
    3. Hajizadeh, Mohammad & Heymann, Jody & Strumpf, Erin & Harper, Sam & Nandi, Arijit, 2015. "Paid maternity leave and childhood vaccination uptake: Longitudinal evidence from 20 low-and-middle-income countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 104-117.

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