No more disease silos for sub-Saharan Africa

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7873, 2012, Pages

  Marquez, Patricio V ^a   Farrington, Jill L ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84866142250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5812     Document Type: Article

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