Implementing the world report on disability in West Africa: Challenges and opportunities for Ghana

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 1 SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Tuakli Wosornu, Yetsa A ^a   Haig, Andrew J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Persons with disability; Policy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GLOBAL HEALTH;

EID: 84891768870     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000023     Document Type: Article

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