Journal article

Measles mortality in high and low burden districts of India: Estimates from a nationally representative study of over 12,000 child deaths

Measles killed over 100,000 children in India in 2005 and girls were at higher risk than boys. The majority of measles deaths occurred in a few states and high burden districts. The results of this study highlight the importance of focusing measles supplementary immunization activities in high burden districts.

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2013

Journal

Vaccine

Volume

31

Issue

41

Type

Journal article

Categories

  • Service delivery

Diseases

  • Measles

Countries

  • India

Tags

  • Coverage monitoring
  • Performance monitoring

WHO Regions

  • South-East Asia Region

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