A public-private partnership to provide spectacles for Timor-Leste

Community Eye Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 63, 2007, Pages 54-

  Ramke, J ^a   Williams, C ^a   Ximenes, L ^b   Ximenes, D ^c   Palagyi, A ^a   Du Toit, R ^a   Brian, G ^a  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b Fo Naroman Timor Leste ^*  (Timor-Leste)

^c Timor Leste Ministry of Health   (Timor-Leste)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFRACTION ERROR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTACLES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEAMWORK; TIMOR-LESTE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 36048938233     PISSN: 09536833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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