Community-based approaches and partnerships: Innovations in health-service delivery in Bangladesh

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9909, 2013, Pages 2012-2026

  El Arifeen, Shams ^a   Christou, Aliki ^a   Reichenbach, Laura ^a   Osman, Ferdous Arfina ^b   Azad, Kishwar ^c   Islam, Khaled Shamsul ^d   Ahmed, Faruque ^e   Perry, Henry B ^f   Peters, David H ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c Diabetic Association of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^e RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRUST;

EID: 84890221507     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62149-2     Document Type: Review

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