Capacity of health-care facilities to deliver HIV treatment and care services, Northern Tanzania, 2004

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 459-462

  Landman, Keren Z ^a   Kinabo, Grace D ^b,c   Schimana, Werner ^b,c   Dolmans, Wil M ^b,c   Swai, Mark E ^b,c   Shao, John F ^b,c   Crump, John A ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Health care facilities; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Manpower; Services; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISONIAZID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORK CAPACITY;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA;

EID: 33745907530     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206777689134     Document Type: Article

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