Reducing one million child deaths from birth asphyxia - A survey of health systems gaps and priorities

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lawn, Joy E ^a,b,c   Manandhar, Ananta ^d   Haws, Rachel A ^e   Darmstadt, Gary L ^e  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 34250197516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-5-4     Document Type: Article

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