The Bangladesh paradox: Exceptional health achievement despite economic poverty

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9906, 2013, Pages 1734-1745

  Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R ^a,b   Bhuiya, Abbas ^c   Chowdhury, Mahbub Elahi ^c   Rasheed, Sabrina ^c   Hussain, Zakir ^d   Chen, Lincoln C ^e  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e China Medical Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FAMILY PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84887918802     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62148-0     Document Type: Review

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