What is the way forward for health in Zimbabwe?

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9714, 2010, Pages 606-609

  Todd, Charles ^a   Ray, Sunanda ^b,c   Madzimbamuto, Farai ^b,d   Sanders, David ^e  

^a Wendover Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR)   (Zimbabwe)

^c Brighton and Hove City Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; EXPECTANCY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 76449086670     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61498-7     Document Type: Note

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