Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Gilson, Lucy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84878527460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-S2-S14     Document Type: Note

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