Implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses strategy: Challenges and recommendations in Botswana

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mupara, Lucia U ^a,b   Lubbe, Johanna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b Department of Health Promotion and Education   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Children under 5 years; IMCI; implementation challenges; Millennium Development Goals; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BOTSWANA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84969257197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.29417     Document Type: Article

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