Costs of implementing integrated community case management (iCCM) in six African countries: Implications for sustainability

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Daviaud, Emmanuelle ^a   Besada, Donnela ^a   Leon, Natalie ^a   Rohde, Sarah ^a   Sanders, David ^b   Oliphant, Nicholas ^c   Doherty, Tanya ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; COST; DIARRHEA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AFRICA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85023174737     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.07.010403     Document Type: Article

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