Using global health initiatives to strengthen health systems: A civil society perspective

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 687-702

  Cohn, Jennifer ^a   Russell, Asia ^b   Baker, Brook ^c   Kayongo, Alice ^d   Wanjiku, Esther ^e   Davis, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Health GAP (Global Access Project)   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Uganda Community Based Association for Child Welfare   (Uganda)

^e GROOTS Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Civil society; Global health initiatives; Health systems strengthening; HIV AIDS; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALAWI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIETY; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80052467280     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.521165     Document Type: Article

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