30 years after Alma-Ata: has primary health care worked in countries?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9642, 2008, Pages 950-961

  Rohde, Jon ^a,b   Cousens, Simon ^c   Chopra, Mickey ^d   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^e   Black, Robert ^f   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^g   Lawn, Joy E ^d,h,i  

^a MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

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

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

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

^g AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^h Save the Children   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 51249093668     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61405-1     Document Type: Review

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