A trial to mobilize ngo health volunteers to improve tuberculosis patient care in Sanaa City, Yemen

Kekkaku

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-162

  Mahyiuob Al Honahi, Hamood Yahya ^a   Ohkado, Akihiro ^b   Masui, Tsuneo ^c   Ali Hussein, Isam Addean ^d   Saeed Al Absi, Amin Noman ^e  

^a National Tuberculosis Institute (NTI)   (Yemen)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^c Mental Health and Welfare Centre in Aichi Prefecture   (Japan)

^d Charitable Society for Social Welfare ^*  (Yemen)

^e National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP)   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Directly observed treatment short course (DOTS); Non governmental organization (NGO); Patient care; Tuberculosis; Urban health services; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTARY WORKER; YEMEN;

DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG MONITORING; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YEMEN;

EID: 77951640793     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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