The urban volunteer programme in Dhaka: a community based primary health care and research initiative

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dc.contributor.authorStanton, Bonita-
dc.contributor.authorClemens, John-
dc.contributor.authorKoblinsky, Marjorie-
dc.contributor.authorKhair, Tajkera-
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-16T02:00:18Z-
dc.date.available2008-07-16T02:00:18Z-
dc.date.issued1985-06-
dc.identifier.citationTrop Geogr Med 1985 Jun;37(2):183-7en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1511-
dc.description.abstractIn response to a recognition that existing health facilities could not adequately reach the poorer sections of Dhaka city, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) established the Urban Volunteer Programme in 1981. This paper describes the primary health care and research activities of this program and suggests that such an approach can be and should be used in other urban areas of developing countriesen
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectCommunity health servicesen
dc.subjectUrban health servicesen
dc.subjectDiarrheaen
dc.subjectHospitals, Urbanen
dc.subjectUrban pooren
dc.subjectOral rehydration solutionen
dc.subjectTreatmenten
dc.subjectDhaka/Bangladeshen
dc.titleThe urban volunteer programme in Dhaka: a community based primary health care and research initiativeen
dc.typeArticleen
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