Difficulty of partnership between health professionals and mutual health organizations: The case of the mutual health organization of Maliando in Guinea-Conakry;La difficulté du partenariat entre professionnels de santé et mutualistes: Le cas de la mutuelle de santé Maliando en Guinée-Conakry

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 450-463

  Criel, Bart ^a   Diallo, Alpha Ahmadou ^b   Van Der Vennet, Jean ^a   Waelkens, Maria Pia ^a   Wiegandt, Axel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Prog Natl de Lutte Contre l'Onchocercose le Trachome et les Autres Maladies Tropicales Negligees Ministère de la Santé Publique   (Guinea)

^c Medicus Mundi Belgique ^*

Author keywords

Guinea Conakry; Health care providers; Local health systems; Mutual Health Organizations; Partnership

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; GUINEA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 19044389535     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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