The dynamics of community and NGO partnership: Primary health care experiences in rural Mali

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Solomon, Yodit ^a   Ballif Spanvill, Bonnie ^a   Ward, Carol ^a   Fuhriman, Addie ^a   Widdision Jones, Kacey ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; Mali; non governmental organizations; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALI; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALI; ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84996214671     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1025382308097696     Document Type: Article

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