Is operational research delivering the goods? The journey to success in low-income countries

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-421

  Zachariah, Rony ^a   Ford, Nathan ^a   Maher, Dermot ^b   Bissell, Karen ^c   Van den Bergh, Rafael ^a,d,e   van den Boogaard, Wilma ^a   Reid, Tony ^a   Castro, Kenneth G ^f   Draguez, Bertrand ^a   von Schreeb, Johan ^g   Chakaya, Jeremiah ^h   Atun, Rifat ^i,j   Lienhardt, Christian ^k   Enarson, Don A ^c   Harries, Anthony D ^b,c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

ⁱ Global Fund to Fight HIV TB and Malaria   (Switzerland)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 84860314152     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70309-7     Document Type: Note

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