Poverty reduction and Millennium Development Goals: Recognizing population, health, and environment linkages on rural Madagascar

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Gaffikin, Lynne ^a   Ashley, Jeffrey ^b   Blumenthal, Paul D ^c  

^a Evaluation and Research Technologies for Health (EARTH) Inc   (United States)

^b Environmental Services Program ACEH   (Indonesia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; LEADERSHIP; MADAGASCAR; MOTIVATION; POPULATION; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 35549013684     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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