National program for family planning and primary health care Pakistan: A SWOT analysis

Reproductive Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wazir, Mohammad Salim ^a   Shaikh, Babar Tasneem ^b   Ahmed, Ashfaq ^a  

^a AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Human resources for health; Lady health worker; Management information system; Pakistan; Primary healthcare; SWOT; Vertical program

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DYNAMICS; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE WORKER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALPRACTICE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRESHER COURSE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; WEAKNESS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84887898981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-60     Document Type: Review

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