Evaluation of TB and HIV services prior to introducing TB-HIV activities in two rural districts in western Kenya

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Van'T Hoog, Anna H ^a,b   Onyango, J ^b,c   Agaya, J ^b,d   Akeche, G ^d   Odero, G ^d   Lodenyo, W ^d   Marston, B J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; HIV; Kenya; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 40549135977     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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