Strengthening of primary-care delivery in the developing world: IMAI and the need for integrated models of care

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Vasan, Ashwin ^a,b,c,d,g   Ellner, Andrew ^c,e   Lawn, Stephen D ^d   Gupta, Neil ^b,e,g   Anatole, Manzi ^b,g   Drobac, Peter ^b,e,g   Nicholson, Tom ^b,g   Gove, Sandy ^f   Seung, Kwonjune ^e   Mabey, David ^d   Farmer, Paul ^b,c,e,g  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c Harvard Medical School ^*

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g IMAI IMCI Alliance   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888319150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70102-5     Document Type: Letter

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