Status of national diabetes programmes in the Americas

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 981-987

  White, Franklin ^a,b   Nanan, Debra ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Americas; Diabetes mellitus, prevention and control; Health plan implementation; Programme evaluation

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH STATUS; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AMERICAS; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033393922     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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