A spatial national health facility database for public health sector planning in Kenya in 2008

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Noor, Abdisalan M ^a   Alegana, Victor A ^a   Gething, Peter W ^a   Snow, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH FACILITIES; KENYA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING;

EID: 64749110552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-13     Document Type: Article

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