How to do (or not to do)...Tracking data on development assistance for health

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 527-534

  Grépin, Karen A ^a   Leach Kemon, Katherine ^b   Schneider, Matthew ^b   Sridhar, Devi ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bilateral donors; Development assistance for health; foreign aid; GAVI; Global Fund; global health data; multilateral donors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 84865784628     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr076     Document Type: Article

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