Structure and management of tuberculosis control programs in fragile states-Afghanistan, DR Congo, Haiti, Somalia

Health Policy

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Mauch, Verena ^a   Weil, Diana ^b   Munim, Aayid ^c   Boillot, Francois ^e,f   Coninx, Rudi ^b   Huseynova, Sevil ^d   Powell, Clydette ^h   Seita, Akihiro ⁱ   Wembanyama, Henriette ^g   van den Hof, Susan ^a,j  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c WHO Sudan   (Sudan)

^d WHO Iraq   (Jordan)

^e Alter Santé Internationale et Developpement   (France)

^f INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^g WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

^h UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁱ WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Afghanistan; DR Congo; Haiti; Health systems; Somalia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FUNDING; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; REVIEW; SOMALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONGO; COOPERATION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONGO; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HAITI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; SOMALIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR;

EID: 79952021953     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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