The impact of integrating the elimination programme for lymphatic filariasis into primary health care in the Dominican Republic

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-352

  Baker, Margaret C ^a   McFarland, Deborah A ^b   Gonzales, Manuel ^c   Diaz, Mary Janet ^c   Molyneux, David H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Control de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Disease control; Dominican Republic; Health systems; Integration; Lymphatic filariasis

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFORM PROCESS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 38049046691     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.900     Document Type: Article

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