Closing the gaps: From science to action in maternal, newborn, and child health in Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Bennett, Sara ^a   Ssengooba, Freddie ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE;

EID: 77955039882     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000298     Document Type: Article

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