Countdown to 2015 country case studies: Systematic tools to address the "black box" of health systems and policy assessment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Singh, Neha S ^a   Huicho, Luis ^b,c,d   Afnan Holmes, Hoviyeh ^e   John, Theopista ^f   Moran, Allisyn C ^g   Colbourn, Tim ^h   Grundy, Chris ^a   Matthews, Zoe ⁱ   Maliqi, Blerta ^j   Mathai, Matthews ^j   Daelmans, Bernadette ^j   Requejo, Jennifer ^k   Lawn, Joy E ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^e Formally of the Health Intection Agency   (United Kingdom)

^f Newborn and Child Health   (Tanzania)

^g UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^k Maternity   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Child health; Health systems; Maternal health; Newborn health; Peru; Policy analysis; Reproductive health; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERU; TANZANIA;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; PERU; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84986904840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3402-5     Document Type: Article

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