Improving health statistics in Africa

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9598, 2007, Pages 1527-1528

  Okonjo Iweala, Ngozi ^a   Osafo Kwaako, Philip ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION;

EID: 35548943489     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61644-4     Document Type: Note

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