Public policy, health system, and community actions against illness as platforms for response to NCDs in Tanzania: A narrative review

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue SUPP.1, 2014, Pages

  Metta, Emmy ^a   Msambichaka, Beverly ^a   Mwangome, Mary ^a   Nyato J , Daniel ^a   Dieleman, Marjolein ^b   Haisma, Hinke ^c   Klatser, Paul ^b   Geubbels, Eveline ^a  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

community response; health system; NCD; policy

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; TANZANIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC POLICY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84904402774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23439     Document Type: Article

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