Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 272896, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/272896
Review Article

Strengthening Intersectoral Collaboration for Primary Health Care in Developing Countries: Can the Health Sector Play Broader Roles?

Omokhoa Adedayo Adeleye and Antoinette Ngozi Ofili

Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Received 18 July 2009; Revised 20 December 2009; Accepted 15 February 2010

Academic Editor: Stephen Leeder

Copyright © 2010 Omokhoa Adedayo Adeleye and Antoinette Ngozi Ofili. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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