The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9692, 2009, Pages 817-834

  Coovadia, Hoosen ^a,b   Jewkes, Rachel ^b,c   Barron, Peter ^c   Sanders, David ^d   McIntyre, Diane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL WELFARE; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RACISM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 69549083506     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60951-X     Document Type: Review

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