Strengthening public health surveillance and response using the health systems strengthening agenda in developing countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Nsubuga, Peter ^a   Nwanyanwu, Okey ^a   Nkengasong, John N ^a   Mukanga, David ^b   Trostle, Murray ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CDC ^*  (Uganda)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SYSTEMS PLANS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78649965479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-S1-S5     Document Type: Review

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