The global fund and tuberculosis in Nicaragua: Building sustainable capacity?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-358

  Plamondon, Katrina M ^a,c   Hanson, Lori ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^b   Abonyi, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care sector; International cooperation; Nicaragua; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949091211     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403771     Document Type: Article

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