Recent contribution of the World Health Organization to control childhood tuberculosis

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Sant'Anna, Clemax Couto ^a,b   Hijjar, Miguel Aiub ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Ministério da Saúde ^*  (Brazil)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS related opportunistic infections; Child health (Public Health); HIV infections; National health programs; Tuberculosis, prevention control; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMORBIDITY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36949012529     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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