Interactions between Global Health Initiatives and country health systems: the case of a neglected tropical diseases control program in Mali.

• Main Authors: Anna Cavalli (Author), Sory I Bamba (Author), Mamadou N Traore (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author), Youssouf Coulibaly (Author), Katja Polman (Author), Marjan Pirard (Author), Monique Van Dormael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Recently, a number of Global Health Initiatives (GHI) have been created to address single disease issues in low-income countries, such as poliomyelitis, trachoma, neonatal tetanus, etc.. Empirical evidence on the effects of such GHIs on local health systems remains scarce. This paper exp...