Determining the quality of IMCI pneumonia care in Malawian children

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-36

  Bjornstad, Erica ^a,b   Preidis, Geoffrey A ^c   Lufesi, Norman ^d   Olson, Dan ^b   Kamthunzi, Portia ^b   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^a,b   McCollum, Eric D ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Guidelines; Paediatrics; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,; GUIDELINES,; PAEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA,;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84893622835     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905513Y.0000000070     Document Type: Article

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