Improving the resilience and workforce of health systems for women's, children's, and adolescents' health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-35

  Campbell, James ^a   Cometto, Giorgio ^a   Rasanathan, Kumanan ^b   Kelley, Edward ^a   Syed, Shamsuzzoha ^a   Zurn, Pascal ^c   De Bernis, Luc ^d   Matthews, Zoe ^d   Benton, David ^e   Frank, Odile ^f   Nove, Andrea ^g  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES   (Switzerland)

^f Public Services International   (France)

^g ICS Integrare   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84945930085     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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