Beyond vertical and horizontal programs: a diagonal approach to building national immunization programs through measles elimination

Expert Rev Vaccines. 2016 Jul;15(7):791-3. doi: 10.1586/14760584.2016.1165614. Epub 2016 Mar 28.

Authors

Walter A Orenstein¹, Katherine Seib¹

Affiliation

¹ a Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA.

PMID: 26967373
DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2016.1165614

No abstract available

Keywords: diagonal programming; health systems strengthening; immunization infrastructure; measles; surveillance.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration
Disease Eradication / organization & administration*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Global Health
Humans
Immunization Programs / organization & administration*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
Measles / immunology
Measles / mortality
Measles / prevention & control*
Measles / transmission
Measles Vaccine / administration & dosage*
Measles Vaccine / adverse effects
Measles Vaccine / immunology
Measles virus / immunology
Measles virus / pathogenicity*
National Health Programs / organization & administration*
Vaccination

Substances

Measles Vaccine