Implementing ideal health policy in a fragile health system: The example of expanding the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in mainland Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Masanja, Irene M ^a,b   De Bethune, Xavier ^c   Jacobs, Jan ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Christian Sickness Fund   (Belgium)

Author keywords

health systems; Malaria rapid diagnostic tests; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; REVIEW; TANZANIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALARIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 80055016493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-322     Document Type: Review

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