Conducting international diploma course on malaria program planning and management (1996-2012)

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-112

  Mesdaghinia, Ali Reza ^a   Vatandoost, Hassan ^a   Hanafi Bojd, Ahmad Ali ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a   Raeisi, Ahmad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Course; Iran; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CERTIFICATION; COURSE CONTENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORBIDITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84883519261     PISSN: 23221984     EISSN: 23222271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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