Leadership, management and technical lessons learnt from a successful public-private partnership for TB control in Nepal

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1013-1017

  Newell, James N ^a   Pande, S B ^a   Baral, S C ^a   Bam, D S ^b   Malla, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b National TB Centre   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Nepal; Public private partnerships; Tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; NEPAL; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NEPAL; ORGANIZATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 27644599421     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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