Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: A summary of first experiences

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 582-594

  Lambrechts, T ^a   Bryce, J ^a   Orinda, V ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; ERYTHROMYCIN; FANSIDAR; IRON; MEBENDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; QUININE; RETINOL; TETRACYCLINE;

CHILD HEALTH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; CHILD NUTRITION--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; IMMUNIZATION--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT; MORBIDITY--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUMMARY REPORT; TREATMENT; YOUTH;

CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032781512     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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