Community contribution to tuberculosis care in countries with high tuberculosis prevalence: Past, present and future

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 762-768

  Maher, Dermot ^a,c   Van Gorkom, J L C ^b   Gondrie, P C F M ^b   Raviglione, M ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c Dept for Intl Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Community; Developing countries; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AFRICA; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032885407     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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