Creating the foundation for health system resilience in Northern Nigeria

Health Systems and Reform

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 357-366

  McKenzie, Andrew ^a,b   Abdulwahab, Ahmad ^a,b   Sokpo, Emmanuel ^a,b   Mecaskey, Jeffrey W ^a,b  

^a Health Partners International   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Health systems strengthening; Political economy; Post conflict reconstruction; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040112837     PISSN: 23288604     EISSN: 23288620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2016.1242453     Document Type: Article

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