An integrated approach of community health worker support for HIV/AIDS and TB care in Angónia district, Mozambique

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Simon, Sandrine ^a   Chu, Kathryn ^a   Frieden, Marthe ^a   Candrinho, Baltazar ^b   Ford, Nathan ^a,c   Schneider, Helen ^c   Biot, Marc ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ESSENTIAL DRUG; RETINOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FIRST AID; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MOZAMBIQUE; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STAFF TRAINING; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VOLUNTEER; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 69049108829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-13     Document Type: Article

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