Poliomyelitis vaccination status among children in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur 2007

• Main Authors: AM Haliza (Author), K Novia (Author), N Odhayakumar (Author), K Fadzilah (Author), CK Chong (Author), S Nirmal (Author), S Balachandran (Author), K Devan (Author), K Gurpreet (Author), A Hayati (Author), YK Loe (Author), P Senan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Polio vaccination rates remain low in certain regions of Malaysia. The Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (FTKL) reported coverage of only 29.3% in 2005 and 61.2% in 2006, despite a Department of Health campaign to provide free three-round immunizations. The estimated numbers of live bi...