Health-system strengthening and tuberculosis control

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9732, 2010, Pages 2169-2178

  Atun, Rifat ^a,b   Weil, Diana EC ^c   Eang, Mao Tan ^d   Mwakyusa, David ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^e Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECENTRALIZATION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 77953684978     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60493-X     Document Type: Review

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