Interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems: The case of a neglected tropical diseases control program in mali

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Cavalli, Anna ^a   Bamba, Sory I ^b   Traore, Mamadou N ^b   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Coulibaly, Youssouf ^b   Polman, Katja ^a   Pirard, Marjan ^a   van Dormael, Monique ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALI; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; WORKLOAD; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; STATISTICS;

ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALI; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 78149248559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000798     Document Type: Article

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