Evaluation of the rapid scale-up of collaborative TB/HIV activities in TB facilities in Rwanda, 2005-2009

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pevzner, Eric S ^a   Vandebriel, Greet ^b   Lowrance, David W ^a   Gasana, Michel ^c   Finlay, Alyssa ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGISTER; RWANDA; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RWANDA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79960033262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-550     Document Type: Review

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