Mass campaigns versus general health services: What have we learnt in 40 years about vertical versus horizontal approaches?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-316

  Mills, Anne ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MARKETING;

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 17244372171     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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