Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in a community of extreme poverty: Local vs. national disparities in Peru

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 645-652

  Gyorkos, Theresa W ^a,b   Joseph, Serene A ^c   Casapía, Martin ^d  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Disparity; Extreme poverty; Indicators; Millennium Development Goals; Peru; Survey

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; PERU; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERU; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED NATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650760558     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02276.x     Document Type: Article

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