Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in SA

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-

  Pillay, Yogan ^a   Barron, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral programme; Child heath; Malaria; MDGs; Millennium development goals; Tuberculosis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA CONTROL; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

GOALS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84894744698     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7924     Document Type: Editorial

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