The global-local dilemma of a Ministry of Health: Experiences from Uganda

Health Policy

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-320

  Jeppsson, Anders ^a,b   Birungi, Harriet ^c   Östergren, Per Olof ^a   Hagström, Bo ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disembedding; Expert systems; Health care systems; Ministry of Health; Primary health care; Symbolic tokens; Trust; Uganda

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UGANDA;

EID: 18144378365     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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