The research agenda for improving health policy, systems performance, and service delivery for tuberculosis control: A WHO perspective

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 471-476

  Nunn, Paul ^a   Harries, Anthony ^b   Godfrey Faussett, Peter ^c   Gupta, Raj ^a   Maher, Dermot ^a   Raviglione, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b British High Commission Lilongwe   (Malawi)

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

Author keywords

Health services administration; Health services research; HIV infections prevention and control; Operations research; Tuberculosis, pulmonary prevention and control drug therapy; World Health Organization (source: MESH, NLM)

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADAPTATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036271145     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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