Child health in Africa: 2005 A year of hope?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 776-781

  O'Hare, B ^a,b   Venables, J ^c   Southall, D ^b,d,e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Child Advocacy International ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; BUDGET; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; MALARIA; MALE;

EID: 23144443129     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.052704     Document Type: Review

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