Uptake of trichiasis surgical services in Tanzania through two village-based approaches

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-142

  Mahande, Michael ^a   Tharaney, Manisha ^b   Kirumbi, Edward ^c   Ngirawamungu, Edith ^d   Geneau, Robert ^a   Tapert, Lisa ^b   Courtright, Paul ^a  

^a TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^d International Trachoma Initiative   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRICHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 33846807715     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.103374     Document Type: Article

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