Opportunities to improve health systems in Africa. A comparative overview of healthcare challenges for stakeholders and strategic planners

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Okafor, Chidi ^a   Follen, Michele ^b   Adewole, Isaac ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Cervical cancer screening; Mass cancer screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL WELFARE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RWANDA;

EID: 34748891301     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.07.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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