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Review
. 2018 Jul 30:362:k2823.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2823.

Role of district health management teams in child health strategies

Tanya Doherty  1   2   3 , Nhan Tran  4 , David Sanders  2   5 , Sarah L Dalglish  6 , David Hipgrave  7 , Kumanan Rasanathan  7 , Thiagarajan Sundararaman  8 , Rajani Ved  9 , Elizabeth Mason  10
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Role of district health management teams in child health strategies

Tanya Doherty et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Well functioning district health systems are essential for planning and implementation of health services, and their efforts are key to improving quality of care and achieving health goals, say Tanya Doherty and colleagues

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Role of district management teams in systematic scaling up of IMCI in Egypt (adapted from Rahka et al18)
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