Beneficial effects of a woman-focused development programme on child survival: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1553-1560

  Bhuiya, Abbas ^a   Chowdhury, Mushtaque ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Micro credit; Mortality; Women's development

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; MICROFINANCE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; READING; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PLANNING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOMEN;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0036843883     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00287-8     Document Type: Article

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