Sector wide approaches for health in small island states: Lessons learned from the Solomon Islands

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-148

  Negin, Joel ^a   Martiniuk, Alexandra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aid architecture; aid effectiveness; Pacific Islands; sector wide approach; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DONOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECTOR WIDE APPROACH; SOLOMON ISLANDS;

EID: 84855482625     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.584326     Document Type: Article

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