Resistance to implementing policy change: The case of Ukraine

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Atun, Rifat ^a   Olynik, Igor ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b World Bank   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 38949179890     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.034991     Document Type: Review

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