Multi-level partnership to promote health services among internally displaced in eastern Burma

Global Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-186

  Mahn, M ^a   Maung, C ^b   Shwe Oo, E K ^c   Smith, L ^c   Lee, C I ^c   Whichard, E ^c   Neumann, C ^d   Richards, A K ^c,e   Mullany, L C ^c,f   Kuiper, H ^c,g   Lee, T J ^c,h  

^a Backpack Health Worker Team   (Thailand)

^b Mae Tao Clinic   (Thailand)

^c Tak   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burma; Human rights; Indigenous health workers; Internally displaced persons; Local global partnerships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENT; MYANMAR; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TECHNICAL AID; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CIVIL DISORDER; COOPERATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIVIL DISORDERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYANMAR; REFUGEES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 41949136847     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690801942821     Document Type: Article

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