Income transfer policies and the impacts on the immunization of children: the Bolsa Família Program Programas de transferência de renda e impactos na imunização das crianças: o Programa Bolsa Família

• Main Authors: Mônica Viegas Andrade (Author), Flávia Chein (Author), Laetícia Rodrigues de Souza (Author), Jaume Puig-Junoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper investigates the impact of the Bolsa Família Program on the immunization of children from 0 to 6 years of age in Brazil and its regions. The Bolsa Família program is a conditional cash transfer program. One of its conditionalities is the compliance of children with the immunization sche...