Monitoring polio supplementary immunization activities using an automated short text messaging system in Karachi, Pakistan
Problem Polio remains endemic in many areas of Pakistan, including large urban centres such as Karachi. Approach During each of seven supplementary immunization activities against polio in Karachi, mobile phone numbers of the caregivers of a random sample of eligible children were obtained. A comp...
Main Authors: | AM Kazi, A Murtaza, S Khoja, AK Zaidi, SA Ali |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2014-03-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862014000300220&lng=en&tlng=en |
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