Participatory decision-making through the Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases: The Sri Lankan experience

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Wijesinghe, Pushpa Ranjan ^a   Palihawadana, Paba ^a   Peiris, Thelge Sudath Rohana ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Advisory group; Decision making; Immunization; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SRI LANKA; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; IMMUNIZATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SRI LANKA; VACCINES;

EID: 77950868639     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.042     Document Type: Article

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