A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub Saharan Africa

Scientific Data

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Maina, Joseph ^a   Ouma, Paul O ^a   Macharia, Peter M ^a   Alegana, Victor A ^a,b,e   Mitto, Benard ^a   Fall, Ibrahima Socé ^c   Noor, Abdisalan M ^c   Snow, Robert W ^a,d   Okiro, Emelda A ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH FACILITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85070592691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0142-2     Document Type: DP

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