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Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 670

Full Length Research Paper

National measles surveillance data analysis, 2005 to 2009, Ethiopia

Belay Bezabih Beyene
  • Belay Bezabih Beyene
  • Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Department of Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
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Ghidey G/libanos G/Selassie
  • Ghidey G/libanos G/Selassie
  • Tigray Regional Health Bureau, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
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Aysheshim Ademe Tegegne
  • Aysheshim Ademe Tegegne
  • World Health Organization, EPI, Maternal and Child Health Team, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Daddi Jima Wayessa
  • Daddi Jima Wayessa
  • Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Fikre Enqueselassie
  • Fikre Enqueselassie
  • Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 01 January 2015
  •  Accepted: 22 November 2015
  •  Published: 31 March 2016

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