Improving child survival through a district management strengthening and community empowerment intervention: Early implementation experiences from Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Katahoire, Anne Ruhweza ^a   Henriksson, Dorcus Kiwanuka ^b,c   Ssegujja, Eric ^d   Waiswa, Peter ^b,d   Ayebare, Florence ^d   Bagenda, Danstan ^d,e,f   Mbonye, Anthony K ^d,g   Peterson, Stefan Swartling ^b,c,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UGANDA;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UGANDA;

EID: 84939218508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2129-z     Document Type: Article

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