The impact of tuberculosis on Zambia and the Zambian nursing workforce

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Chanda, Dorothy ^a,b,c   Gosnell, Davina J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b West Indies

^c National Infection Prevention Team

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Zambian Project   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Case rate; Government programmes; HIV AIDS; Incidence; Millennium Development Goals; Nurses; Prevalence; Tuberculosis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33644558392     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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