Health commodities management system: priorities and challenges

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-182

  Ibegbunam, Innocent ^a   McGill, Deborah ^b  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenges; Health commodity management system; Health services; Health system coordination and integration; HIV AIDS; Nigeria; Priorities; Public health; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958543693     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741211260741     Document Type: Article

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