Regional initiatives to address the challenges of tuberculosis in children: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-169

  Graham, Stephen M ^a,b,c   Grzemska, Malgorzata ^d   Brands, Annemieke ^d   Nguyen, Huong ^e   Amini, James ^f   Triasih, Rina ^g   Talukder, Khurshid ^h   Ahmed, Shakil ⁱ   Amanullah, Farhana ^j   Kumar, Blessina ^k   Tufail, Pervaiz ^l   Detjen, Anne ^a   Marais, Ben ^m   Hennig, Cornelia ^d   Islam, Tauhid ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^f National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^g GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^h Centre for Woman and Child Health   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ Bangladesh Paediatric Association TB CARE II Porject   (Bangladesh)

^j THE INDUS HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^k Global Coalition of TB Activists   (India)

^l Organization for Tuberculosis People   (Pakistan)

^m University of Sydney   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Child; Contact screening; National tuberculosis programmes; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING TEST; SENTINEL EVENT; SPUTUM SMEAR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925270538     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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