Where to from here? Policy and financing of integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illness in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Rasanathan, Kumanan ^a   Bakshi, Salina ^a   Rodriguez, Daniela C ^b   Oliphant, Nicholas P ^a   Jacobs, Troy ^c   Brandes, Neal ^c   Young, Mark ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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EID: 84937454453     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.04.020304     Document Type: Article

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