A quality improvement approach to capacity building in low-And middle-income countries

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S179-S186

  Bardfield, Joshua ^a   Agins, Bruce ^a   Akiyama, Matthew ^b   Basenero, Apollo ^c   Luphala, Patience ^c   Kaindjee Tjituka, Francina ^c   Natanael, Salomo ^c   Hamunime, Ndapewa ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Services   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Quality improvement; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NAMIBIA; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NAMIBIA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84973434352     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000719     Document Type: Article

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