Primary Health Care development: Where is Nepal after 30 years of Alma Ata declaration?

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Karkee, Rajendra ^a   Jha, N ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Constraints; Development; Nepal; Primary health Care; Progress

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DECENTRALIZATION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; NEPAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79958760995     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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