The politics of 'branding' in policy transfer: The case of DOTS for tuberculosis control

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-188

  Ogden, Jessica ^a   Walt, Gill ^b   Lush, Louisiana ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; DOTS; Policy communities; Policy transfer; Public policy formulation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MARKETING; OBSERVATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0013498578     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00373-8     Document Type: Article

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