Misfinancing global health: a case for transparency in disbursements and decision making

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9644, 2008, Pages 1185-1191

  Sridhar, Devi ^a   Batniji, Rajaie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BUDGET; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52949148106     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61485-3     Document Type: Note

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