Delivering TB/HIV services in Ghana: A comparative study of service delivery models

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 560-567

  Ansa, Gloria A ^a   Walley, John D ^a   Siddiqi, Kamran ^a,b   Wei, Xiaolin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ghana; Indicators; Integration; Service delivery models; TB HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VERY ELDERLY; COINFECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84906046594     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru110     Document Type: Article

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