Development and implementation of a national programme for the management of severe and very severe pneumonia in children in Malawi

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Enarson, Penelope Marjorie ^a   Gie, Robert ^b   Enarson, Donald A ^a   Mwansambo, Charles ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCALE UP; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALAWI; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PNEUMONIA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 72949093352     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000137     Document Type: Review

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