The divergence between community case management of malaria and renewed calls for primary healthcare

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-177

  Druetz, Thomas ^a,b   Ridde, Valéry ^a,b   Haddad, Slim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

community case management; community health workers; health promotion; malaria; primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICALIZATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84927176658     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.886761     Document Type: Article

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