Viewpoint: Management of malaria - Working with the private sector

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 402-406

  Brugha, Ruairi ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b   Zwi, Anthony ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Malaria; Management; Partnerships; Private sector

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA; PRIVATE SECTOR;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; ORGANIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAINING;

ANTIMALARIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033018890     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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