Clearing the backlog: Trichiasis surgeon retention and productivity in Northern Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Habtamu, Esmael ^a,b   Rajak, Saul N ^a   Gebre, Teshome ^b   Zerihun, Mulat ^b   Genet, Asrat ^c   Emerson, Paul M ^b   Burton, Matthew J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRODUCTIVITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TRICHIASIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRACHOMA;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 79955800120     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001014     Document Type: Article

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