Challenges to the implementation of international health regulations (2005) on preventing infectious diseases: Experience from Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bakari, Edith ^a   Frumence, Gasto ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Challenges; Implementation; International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005); Port of Entry (POE); Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CHALLENGES; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (IHR) (2005); LEGAL ASPECT; PORT OF ENTRY (POE); STANDARD;

AIRPORTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHALLENGES; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (IHR) (2005); PORT OF ENTRY (POE); TANZANIA;

EID: 84886256124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20942     Document Type: Article

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