Collaboration between private pharmacies and national tuberculosis programme: An intervention in Bolivia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-250

  Lambert, M L ^a   Delgado, R ^b   Michaux, G ^c   Vols, A ^b   Speybroeck, N ^a   Van Der Stuyft, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c Belgian Technical Cooperation   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Public private partnership pharmacies; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis control private sector

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BOLIVIA; COUGHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; REVIEW; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOLIVIA; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MASS SCREENING; PRIVATE SECTOR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

BOLIVIA; COCHABAMBA [BOLIVIA]; COCHABAMBA [COCHABAMBA (DPR)]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15244353239     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01383.x     Document Type: Review

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