Integration of basic dermatological care into primary health care services in Mali

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 935-941

  Mahé, Antoine ^a,b   Faye, Ousmane ^c   N'Diaye, Hawa Thiam ^c   Konaré, Habibatou Diawara ^c   Coulibaly, Ibrahima ^c   Kéita, Somita ^c   Traoré, Abdel Kader ^c   Hay, Roderick J ^d  

^a Institut dHygiene Sociale Dakar   (Senegal)

^b Centre National d'Appui À la Lutte Contre la Maladie ^*  (Gabon)

^c Centre National d'Appui a la Lutte Contre la Maladie   (Mali)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermatology education; Evaluation studies; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Health personnel education; Mali; Nurses; Physicians; Primary health care; Skin diseases diagnosis therapy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH AND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN DISORDER;

ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYCOSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PYODERMA; REGISTER; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA CAPITIS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DERMATOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALI; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SKIN DISEASES;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 31544448562     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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