Increased use of social autopsy is needed to improve maternal, neonatal and child health programmes in low-income countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Waiswa, Peter ^a   Kalter, Henry D ^b   Jakob, Robert ^c   Black, Robert E ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL AUTOPSY;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 84863648328     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.105718     Document Type: Editorial

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