Improving tuberculosis control through public-private collaboration in India: Literature review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7541, 2006, Pages 574-577

  Dewan, Puneet K ^a   Lal, S S ^b   Lonnroth, Knut ^b   Wares, Fraser ^b   Uplekar, Mukund ^b   Sahu, Suvanand ^b   Granich, Reuben ^b   Chauhan, Lakhbir Singh ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REVIEW; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644961225     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38738.473252.7C     Document Type: Review

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