Pakistan and the Millennium Development Goals for health: A case of too little, too late?

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 515-517

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 5044251089     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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