Providing Reproductive Health Care to Internally Displaced Persons: Barriers Experienced by Humanitarian Agencies

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 16, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 33-43

  Hakamies, Nina ^a   Geissler, Paul Wenzel ^a   Borchert, Matthias ^a  

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

Author keywords

donor funding and assistance; humanitarian assistance; internally displaced persons; reproductive health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ALTRUISM; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 44349137443     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31349-4     Document Type: Article

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