Participatory women's groups: Time for integration into programmes

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e74-e75

  Paul, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84957577586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00010-3     Document Type: Note

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