Can international health programmes be sustained after the end of international funding: The case of eye care interventions in Ghana

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Blanchet, Karl ^a   James, Philip ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrator; Analysis; Decision; Diffusion of innovation; Eye care; Hospital; Program; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EYE DISEASES; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EYE DISEASES; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84897671822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-77     Document Type: Article

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