Challenges in tackling tuberculosis on the Thai-Myanmar border: Findings from a qualitative study with health professionals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kaji, Aiko ^a,b   Thi, Sein Sein ^b   Smith, Terrence ^c   Charunwatthana, Prakaykaew ^d   Nosten, Francois H ^b,d,e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c California Analytica   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Migrants; Organizations; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; MYANMAR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MYANMAR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84943338577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1129-0     Document Type: Article

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