Public private mix model in enhancing tuberculosis case detection in district thatta, sindh, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-86

  Ahmed, Jameel ^a   Ahmed, Mubashir ^a   Laghari, A ^a   Lohana, Wasdev ^b   Ali, Sajid ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC PRIVATE MIX MODEL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 59949101168     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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