Helping public sector health systems innovate: The strategic approach to strengthening reproductive health policies and programs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-440

  Fajans, Peter ^a   Simmons, Ruth ^b   Ghiron, Laura ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SYSTEMS THEORY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33644621818     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.059907     Document Type: Review

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