Insight into implementation of facility-based integrated management of childhood illness strategy in a rural district of Sindh, Pakistan

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pradhan, Nousheen Akber ^a   Rizvi, Narjis ^a   Sami, Neelofar ^b   Gul, Xaher ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Willows Foundation   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Child health; IMCI; IMCI implementation barriers and supports; IMCI Pakistan; Primary health care in children under five; Under five morbidity; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; IMCI; IMCI IMPLEMENTATION BARRIERS AND SUPPORTS; IMCI PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE; UNDER-FIVE MORBIDITY; UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

CHILD HEALTH; IMCI; IMCI IMPLEMENTATION BARRIERS AND SUPPORTS; IMCI PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE; UNDER-FIVE MORBIDITY; UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY;

EID: 84886244230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20086     Document Type: Article

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