Nationwide implementation of integrated community case management of childhood illness in Rwanda

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 328-341

  Mugeni, Catherine ^a   Levine, Adam C ^b   Munyaneza, Richard M ^a   Mulindahabi, Epiphanie ^a   Cockrell, Hannah C ^c   Glavis Bloom, Justin ^b   Nutt, Cameron T ^d   Wagner, Claire M ^e   Gaju, Erick ^a   Rukundo, Alphonse ^f   Habimana, Jean Pierre ^f   Karema, Corine ^f   Ngabo, Fidele ^a   Binagwaho, Agnes ^a,g,h  

^a Rwanda Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^e Global Health Delivery Partnership   (United States)

^f RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RWANDA; UTILIZATION;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RWANDA;

EID: 84922612976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00080     Document Type: Article

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