Vertical vs horizontal health programmes in Africa: Idealism, pragmatism, resources and efficiency☆
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This paper was presented at a symposium on Health and Development in Africa. University of Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany. June 1982.
Copyright © 1983 Published by Elsevier Ltd.