NTD control and health system strengthening

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9832, 2012, Pages 2149-2150

  Meheus, Filip ^a   Rijal, Suman ^b,c   Lutumba, Pascal ^c,d,e   Hendrickx, David ^a,c   Boelaert, Marleen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c Strategic Network for Neglected Diseases   (Nepal)

^d Institute Nationale de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84861927046     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60943-X     Document Type: Letter

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