Establishing an Anaesthesia and Intensive Care partnership and aiming for national impact in Tanzania

Globalization and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ulisubisya, Mpoki ^a,b   Jörnvall, Henrik ^c,d   Irestedt, Lars ^c,d   Baker, Tim ^c,d  

^a Society of Anaesthesiologists of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^b Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaesthesia; Capacity building; Cooperative behaviour; Critical care; Developing countries; Global health; Health services; Quality of health care; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; TEACHING; UTILIZATION;

ANESTHESIA; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TANZANIA; TEACHING;

EID: 84961211344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-016-0144-1     Document Type: Note

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