Training of front-line health workers for tuberculosis control: Lessons from Nigeria and Kyrgyzstan

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Awofeso, Niyi ^a,b   Schelokova, Irina ^c   Dalhatu, Abubakar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c National Tuberculosis Institute   (Kyrgyzstan)

^d National Tuberculosis and Leprosy   (Nigeria)

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EID: 54349118707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-6-20     Document Type: Review

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