Challenges of health programmes in slums

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10008, 2015, Pages 2114-2116

  Van De Vijver, Steven ^a,b   Oti, Samuel ^a,b   Oduor, Clement ^a   Ezeh, Alex ^a   Lange, Joep ^b   Agyemang, Charles ^b   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CITY PLANNING; CROWDING (AREA); EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING; HEALTH; POVERTY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84947741520     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00385-2     Document Type: Note

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