Fifteen years of sector-wide approach (SWAp) in Bangladesh health sector: An assessment of progress

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 612-623

  Ahsan, Karar Zunaid ^a   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^b   Rashida E Ijdi, ^a   Escudero, Gabriela Maria ^a   Khan, Abdul Waheed ^c   Reza, M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Development partners; Health policy; Health reform; Sector wide approach

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; COORDINATION; FAMILY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MONITORING; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; WELFARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BANGLADESH; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84978976125     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv108     Document Type: Article

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