Is the Mongolian health sector ready for a sector-wide approach?

Asian Social Work and Policy Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-125

  Ulikpan, Anar ^a   Mirzoev, Tolib N ^b   Narula, Indermohan S ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Mongolia Country Office   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Dialogue; Donors; Government; Harmonisation; Health reform; Management; MOH; Sector policy; Sector Wide approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149118706     PISSN: 17531403     EISSN: 17531411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-1411.2008.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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