Human resource assessment for scaling up VL active case detection in Bangladesh, India and Nepal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 734-742

  Naznin, E ^a   Kroeger, A ^a,b   Siddiqui, N A ^c   Sundar, S ^d   Malaviya, P ^d   Mondal, D ^e   Huda, M M ^e   Das, P ^c   Karki, P ^f   Banjara, M R ^g   Dreesch, N ^a   Gedik, G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Active case detection; Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar); Workload indicators of staffing need

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCE; LEISHMANIASIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCALE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; INDIA; MEDICAL STAFF; NEPAL; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WORKLOAD;

BANGLADESH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; NEPAL;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 84878137332     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12124     Document Type: Article

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