Contribution of 'TB clubs' to tuberculosis control in a rural district in Ethiopia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 174-178

  Getahun, Haileyesus ^a,c   Maher, D ^b  

^a South Gonder Health Department   (Ethiopia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Clubs; Ethiopia; Programme; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034006665     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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