Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes: Experiences from a multi-country assessment of the Child Health Days approach in Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-305

  Doherty, Tanya ^a   Chopra, Mickey ^a   Tomlinson, Mark ^a,b   Oliphant, Nicholas ^c   Nsibande, Duduzile ^a   Mason, John ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Health systems; Immunizations; Rapid assessment

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 77249159403     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02454.x     Document Type: Article

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