Improving community coverage of oral cholera mass vaccination campaigns: lessons learned in Zanzibar.
<h4>Background</h4>Recent research in two cholera-endemic communities of Zanzibar has shown that a majority (∼94%) of the adult population was willing to receive free oral cholera vaccines (OCVs). Since OCV uptake in the 2009 campaign reached only ∼50% in these communities, an evaluation...
Main Authors: | Christian Schaetti, Said M Ali, Claire-Lise Chaignat, Ahmed M Khatib, Raymond Hutubessy, Mitchell G Weiss |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22844489/?tool=EBI |
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