The growing caseload of chronic life-long conditions calls for a move towards full self-management in low-income countries

Globalization and Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Olmen, Josefien ^a   Ku, Grace M ^a,b   Bermejo, Raoul ^a,c   Kegels, Guy ^a   Hermann, Katharina ^d   Van Damme, Wim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Veterans Memorial Medical Center   (Philippines)

^c Provincial Health Office   (Philippines)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

EID: 80053607048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-38     Document Type: Article

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