Disease control in primary health care: A historical perspective

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Van Balen, Harrie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disease control; Health district; Health policy; Primary health care; Systems approach; Users participation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES; POST-INDEPENDENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); NEOPLEA; PROTOZOA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 3042543352     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01261.x     Document Type: Review

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