Declines in case management of diarrhoea among children less than five years old

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ram, Pavani Kalluri ^a   Choi, Misun ^b   Blum, Lauren S ^c   Wamae, Annah W ^d   Mintz, Eric D ^c   Bartlett, Alfred V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LETTER; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 41649091033     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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