A qualitative assessment of challenges to tuberculosis management and prevention in Northern Ethiopia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1071-1075

  Cowan, James Fairman ^a   Greenberg Cowan, J ^a,b   Barnhart, S ^a   Demamu, S ^a   Fiseha, D ^a   Graham, W ^a   Melese, E ^a   Reason, L ^a   Tefera Asfaw, F ^a   Feleke, G ^a   Feleke, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Isoniazid preventive therapy; Medication procurement; Qualitative assessment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHIOPIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84880466243     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0240     Document Type: Article

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