NGOs and government partnership for health systems strengthening: A qualitative study presenting viewpoints of government, NGOs and donors in Pakistan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ejaz, Iram ^a   Shaikh, Babar T ^b   Rizvi, Narjis ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

developing countries; health systems strengthening; non governmental organizations; Pakistan; public private partnership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONS; PAKISTAN; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79956287327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-122     Document Type: Article

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