In cities in Tanzania, moms who wait until late in pregnancy to see a doctor for the first time are much more likely to have babies who don’t get their vaccines on time.

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Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania

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2019 Feb 26

In cities in Tanzania, moms who go to their first prenatal checkup late in pregnancy are much more likely to have babies who don’t get all their vaccines on time — and this study proves it.

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Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania

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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3828-3

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