Control of tuberculosis in an urban setting in Nepal: Public-private partnership

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-98

  Newell, James N ^a   Pande, Shanta B ^a   Baral, Sushil C ^a   Bam, Dirgh S ^b   Malla, Pushpa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b National Tuberculosis Centre   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antitubercular agents administration and dosage; Community health centers; Intersectoral cooperation; Nongovernmental organizations; Private sector; Public sector; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary diagnosis prevention and control drug therapy

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; PHARMACY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NEPAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; LALITPUR; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1442315637     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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