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Neonatal Tetanus Elimination: Field Guide (Scientific and Technical Publication)

By Paho

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
9275116024, 9789275116029, 9789275127124
Open Library ID
OL9127774M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1055261 bytes)
Edition
2nd
Pages
48\64
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This publication offers a unique approach to the strategies that have made the elimination of neonatal tetanus in the Americas possible. The guide provides up-to-date information and describes innovative field techniques that can be adapted and applied throughout the Region. This book highlights the progress made in surveillance to identify and monitor high-risk areas as well as immunization activities geared especially towards women of childbearing age who live in those areas. The object of these activities is to complement measures such as proper care in childbirth and the puerperium and the administration of the triple vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) to infants and children, and of tetanus and diphtheria toxoid (TD/Td) to schoolchildren and pregnant women.

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