Public health system readiness to treat malaria in Odisha State of India

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hussain, Mohammad A ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a,b   Schellenberg, David ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Drug policy; Health system readiness; Health workers' readiness; Implementation; India; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NURSE MIDWIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LACTONES; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMAQUINE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884735193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-351     Document Type: Article

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