Survey of ENT services in sub-Saharan Africa: Little progress between 2009 and 2015

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mulwafu, Wakisa ^a,b   Ensink, Robbert ^c   Kuper, Hannah ^d   Fagan, Johannes ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Gelre Hospitals Zutphen   (Netherlands)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Audiology; Ear nose and throat; Speech therapy; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUDIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH THERAPY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUDIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; SPEECH THERAPY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85019396997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1289736     Document Type: Article

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