Improving the assessment and attribution of effects of development assistance for health

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9961, 2014, Pages 2256-2259

  Ataya, Nour ^a   Aluttis, Christoph ^b   Flahault, Antoine ^c,d   Atun, Rifat ^e   Haines, Andy ^f  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Centre Virchow Villermé de Santé Publique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84919454706     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60791-1     Document Type: Note

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