Primary health care in rural Malawi - A qualitative assessment exploring the relevance of the community-directed interventions approach

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Makaula, Peter ^a,b   Bloch, Paul ^c,d   Banda, Hastings T ^e   Mbera, Grace Bongololo ^e   Mangani, Charles ^b   De Sousa, Alexandra ^f   Nkhono, Edwin ^g   Jemu, Samuel ^g   Muula, Adamson S ^b  

^a Research for Health Environment and Development   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^e Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^f Spec Prog Res/Train Trop Dis   (Switzerland)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IVERMECTIN; MALAWI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84866520256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-328     Document Type: Article

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