The impact of introducing new vaccines on the health system: case studies from six low- and middle-income countries.

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Published in Vaccine on November 12, 2014

Authors

Helen E D Burchett1, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Ulla K Griffiths, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Stephen Rulisa, Jean-Marie Edengue, Enrique Chavez, Yayehirad Kitaw, Mitike Molla, Mamadou Konate, Lawrence Gelmon, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Mylene Lagarde, Anne Mills

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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