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High and equitable mass vitamin A supplementation coverage in Sierra Leone: a post-event coverage survey

BACKGROUND: In Sierra Leone, children ages 6–59 months receive twice-yearly vitamin A supplementation (VAS) through Maternal and Child Health Week (MCHW) events. VAS coverage in 2011 was calculated using government tally sheets of vitamin A capsule distribution and outdated population projections fr...

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Autores principales: Hodges, Mary H, Sesay, Fatmata F, Kamara, Habib I, Turay, Mohamed, Koroma, Aminata S, Blankenship, Jessica L, Katcher, Heather I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4168566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276530
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00005