Titre :
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Cost analysis as a vitamin A program design and evaluation tool : a case study of the Philippines. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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J.L. FIEDLER ;
M. CAPISTRANO ;
D.R. DADO ;
N. JUBAN ;
H. MAGLALANG ;
M.V. MAGPANTAY ;
Omni. PHL
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 51, n° 2, 2000)
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Pagination :
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223-242
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Analyse coût efficacité
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Programme santé
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Vitamine A
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Supplémentation
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Politique santé
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Evaluation
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Homme
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Philippines
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Asie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST e04YfR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious and widespread public health problem in the Philippines. Initiated in 1993, the Philippines National Vitamin A Supplementation Program (NVASP) is one of the oldest, most mature and comprehensive of its kind. This paper presents a cost-effectiveness and efficiency analysis of the NVASP and of a hypothetical program of vitamin A fortification of wheat flour that was conducted to inform policymakers as to how to modify the program. Employing a proxy effectiveness indicator of VAD the intake of
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