Addressing inequity to achieve the maternal and child health millennium development goals: Looking beyond averages

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ruhago, George M ^a,c   Ngalesoni, Frida N ^b,c   Norheim, Ole F ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84871561301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1119     Document Type: Article

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