Equity and child-survival strategies

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-407

  Mulholland, E K ^a   Smith, L ^a   Carneiro, I ^a   Becherc, H ^b   Lehmann, D ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; EQUITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; MALNUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SURVIVAL; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; SURVIVAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 43749106909     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.044545     Document Type: Article

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