Harmonisation of TB control in the WHO European region: The history of the Wolfheze Workshops

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 950-959

  Veen, J ^a,b   Migliori, G B ^c   Raviglione, M ^d   Rieder, H L ^e   Dara, M ^a   Falzon, D ^d,f   Kuyvenhoven, J V ^a   Schwoebel, V ^a,c,f   Zaleskis, R ^g  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b Care and Research Institute ^*

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^e InVS   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^g WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Harmonisation; Interventions; Surveillance; Tuberculosis control; Wolfheze Workshops

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79953712965     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00019410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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