Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: The Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schwartz, Jeremy I ^a,b   Dunkle, Ashley ^a,c   Akiteng, Ann R ^a,d   Birabwa Male, Doreen ^a,e   Kagimu, Richard ^a,c   Mondo, Charles K ^a,e   Mutungi, Gerald ^a,d   Rabin, Tracy L ^a,b   Skonieczny, Michael ^f   Sykes, Jamila ^f   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^a,g  

^a Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non Communicable Diseases   (Uganda)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Metropol Center for Mental Health   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Health system strengthening; Integration; Multi sectoral collaboration; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; UGANDA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UGANDA;

EID: 84930625205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26537     Document Type: Article

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