From drought to deluge: How information overload saturated absorption capacity in a disrupted health sector

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 445-452

  Beesley, Mark ^a   Cometto, Giorgio ^a   Pavignani, Enrico ^a  

^a WHO Southern Sudan ^*  (Sudan)

Author keywords

health policy; human resources; post conflict; southern Sudan; Technical assistance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; WAR;

CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUDAN; WAR;

EID: 80455178851     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czq083     Document Type: Review

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