Public health in Africa: What is new - The context, the gains, the losses, the renewed public health, and the way forward

Kidney International, Supplement

Volumn 68, Issue 98, 2005, Pages

  Kaseje, Dan C O ^a   Juma, Pamela ^b   Oindo, Missie ^b  

^a Tropical Institute of Community Health in Africa   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAINING; BUDGET; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33644606364     PISSN: 00986577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.09810.x     Document Type: Article

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