Kinship structure and health-care improvement in sub-Saharan Africa
Katabarwa, M.N.; Richards, F.O.; Rakers, L.
Lancet 363(9427): 2194
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0140-6736 PMID: 15220055 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16523-9Document Number: 234328
This article briefly discusses the success of the traditional kinship system in involving women and men in caring for vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents, the elderly and the disabled, and in improving health care delivery at the community level in Africa.
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