Cuban intervention in South African health care service provision

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-81

  Hammett, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; BILATERAL AGREEMENT; DEVELOPMENT AID; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; POST-APARTHEID; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847420873     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: 14653893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070601136574     Document Type: Article

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