IMCI: What can we learn from an innovation that didn't reach the poor?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 768-

  Gwatkina, Davidson R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; POVERTY;

EID: 33750225081     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.035006     Document Type: Editorial

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