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Integrating Vitamin A Supplementation at 6 months into the Expanded Program of Immunization in Sierra Leone

Since 2004, twice-yearly mass vitamin A supplementation (VAS) has equitably reached over 85 % of children 6–59 months old in Sierra Leone. However infants who turn 6 months after the event may wait until they are 11 months old to receive their first dose. The effectiveness of integrating VAS at 6 mo...

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Autores principales:	Hodges, Mary H., Sesay, Fatmata F., Kamara, Habib I., Nyorkor, Emmanuel D., Bah, Mariama, Koroma, Aminata S., Kandeh, Joseph N., Ouédraogo, Rasmata, Wolfe, Adam C., Katcher, Heather I., Blankenship, Jessica L., Baker, Shawn K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Springer US 2015
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521092/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25665894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-015-1706-1

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