Open AccessInfluence of sociodemographic factors in measles-rubella campaign compared with routine immunization at Mysore City
Author(s) -
Prathyusha Joe,
Sumanth Mallikarjuna Majgi,
N Vadiraja,
Mehnaz Khan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_236_18
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , immunization , vaccination , rubella , environmental health , vaccine preventable diseases , routine immunization , pediatrics , demography , immunology , antigen , sociology
Vaccines are mostly delivered through routine immunization and catch-up campaigns. Measles-rubella (MR) campaign, one of the largest vaccination campaigns, was launched on February 8, 2017, in five states of India including Karnataka.