Towards building equitable health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from case studies on operational research

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Theobald, Sally ^a   Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^a   Squire, Stephen B ^a   Crichton, Jo ^b   Simwaka, Bertha N ^c   Thomson, Rachael ^a   Makwiza, Ireen ^d   Tolhurst, Rachel ^a   Martineau, Tim ^a   Bates, Imelda ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^c PATH   (Zambia)

^d Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALAWI; NIGERIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 71949113031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-26     Document Type: Article

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