Enhanced disease surveillance through private health care sector cooperation in Karachi, Pakistan: experience from a vaccine trial

Enhanced disease surveillance through private health care sector cooperation in Karachi, Pakistan: experience from a vaccine trial

INTRODUCTION: In research projects such as vaccine trials, accurate and complete surveillance of all outcomes of interest is critical. In less developed countries where the private sector is the major health-care provider, the private sector must be included in surveillance systems in order to captu...

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Main Authors: Khan Mohammad Imran, Sahito Shah Muhammad, Khan Mohammad Javed, Wassan Shafi Mohammad, Shaikh Abdul Wahab, Maheshwari Ashok Kumar, Acosta Camilo J, Galindo Claudia M, Ochiai Rion Leon, Rasool Shahid, Peerwani Sheeraz, Puri Mahesh K, Ali Mohammad, Zafar Afia, Hassan Rumina, von Seidlein Lorenz, Clemens John D, Nizami Shaikh Qamaruddin, Bhutta Zulfiqar A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Epidemiologic surveillance
Vaccination
Clinical trials
Private sector
Salmonella typhi
Pakistan
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000100017

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