Outcome assessment of a Global Fund grant for tuberculosis control at the district level in rural Cameroon

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-357

  Yumo, Habakkuk A ^a,b   Mbanya, D ^c,d   Kuaban, C ^d,e   Neuhann, F ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c University Teaching Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e Jamot Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Global Fund; Outcome assessment; Tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CASE FINDING; CHILD; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951640413     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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