Notes from the field: Practical issues in upgrading STD services based on experience from primary healthcare facilities in two Rwandan towns

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Steen, Richard ^a,e   Soliman, Cherif ^b   Mujyambwani, Alfred ^c   Twagirakristu, Jean Baptiste ^c   Bucyana, Sosthène ^d   Grundmann, Christophe ^b   Ngabonziza, Martin ^a   Moran, John ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Programme National de Lutte Contre le SIDA   (Rwanda)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary healthcare facilities; Rwanda; STD services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ALGORITHMS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; ULCER; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URETHRITIS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 0031852356     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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