Power and pro-poor policies: The case of iCCM in Niger

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages ii84-ii94

  Dalglish, Sarah L ^a   Surkan, Pamela J ^a   Diarra, Aïssa ^b   Harouna, Abdoutan ^b   Bennett, Sara ^a  

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

^b Laboratoire d Études et de recherche sur les Dynamiques sociales et le développement local   (Niger)

Author keywords

Africa; child mortality; health policy; power; rural health

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; NIGER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NIGER; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84950327081     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv064     Document Type: Review

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