Operational and economic evaluation of an NGO-led sexually transmitted infections intervention: North-western Cambodia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 434-442

  Carrara, Verena ^a   Terris Prestholt, Fern ^b   Kumaranayake, Lilani ^b   Mayaud, Philippe ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Cambodia; Costs and cost analysis; Delivery of health care organization and administration; Evaluation studies; Nongovernmental organizations; Prostitution; Sexual partners; Sexually transmitted diseases prevention and control; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYNDROME; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 20944451866     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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