Improvement of tuberculosis laboratory capacity on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: A health cooperation project

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Paglia, Maria G ^a   Bevilacqua, Nazario ^a   Haji, Haji Said ^b   Vairo, Francesco ^a,d   Girardi, Enrico ^a   Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Muhsin, Juma ^c   Racalbuto, Vincenzo ^d   Jiddawi, Mohammed S ^c   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b Public Health Laboratory Ivo De Carneri   (Tanzania)

^c Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^d Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TANZANIA; TELEMEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84865418191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044109     Document Type: Article

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