Household experience and costs of seeking measles vaccination in rural Guinea-Bissau

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• 作者：S. Byberg ; A. B. Fisker ; A. Rodrigues ; I. Balde ; U. Enemark ; P. Aaby ; C. S. Benn and U. K. Griffiths
• 刊名：Tropical Medicine & International Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：22
• 期：1
• 页码：12-20
• 全文大小：253K
• ISSN：1365-3156

文摘

Children younger than 12 months of age are eligible for childhood vaccines through the public health system in Guinea-Bissau. To limit open vial wastage, a restrictive vial opening policy has been implemented; 10-dose measles vaccine vials are only opened if six or more children aged 9–11 months are present at the vaccination post. Consequently, mothers who bring their child for measles vaccination can be told to return another day. We aimed to describe the household experience and estimate household costs of seeking measles vaccination in rural Guinea-Bissau.