Decline of mortality in children in rural Gambia: The influence of village-level Primary Health Care

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-118

  Hill, A G ^a   MacLeod, W B ^a   Joof, D ^b   Gomez, P ^c   Ratcliffe, A A ^a   Walraven, G ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Dept of State for Hlth/Social W ^*  (Gambia)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Childhood mortality; Infant mortality; Primary Health Care; The Gambia; Village health services

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH WORKER; INFANT MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEASONS;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0034114053     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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