Personal paper Africa in the 21st century: can despair be turned to hope?

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7120, 1997, Pages 1444-1446

  Logie, Dorothy E ^a   Benatar, Solomon R ^b  

^a Medical Action for Global Security   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FINANCE; FUTUROLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH STATUS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED NATIONS; WAR;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY;

EID: 0030704321     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7120.1444     Document Type: Article

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