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

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on August 17, 2010

Authors

Anna Cavalli1, Sory I Bamba, Mamadou N Traore, Marleen Boelaert, Youssouf Coulibaly, Katja Polman, Marjan Pirard, Monique Van Dormael

Author Affiliations

1: Public Health Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

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