Do doctors in north-western Somalia follow the national guidelines for tuberculosis management?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 789-795

  Suleiman, B A ^a   Houssein, A I ^b   Mehta, F ^a   Hinderaker, S G ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Hargeisa General Hospital   (Somalia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOMALIA; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMALIA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 16844362692     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Annual report of National TB programme, 2000. Nairobi, WHO-Somalia, 2001.
2. Guidelines for the management of tuberculosis in Somalia Mogadishu, WHO-Somalia 1994.
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