Title: Improvement of tuberculosis laboratory capacity on Pemba island, Zanzibar : a health cooperation project

Authors: Paglia, Maria G.

Place: [San Francisco, CA etc.

Publisher: Public library of science] (PLoS)

Year: 2012

Journal: PLoS one

Volume: vol. 7, issue 8

PAGE: --

Subject: Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Keywords: health services, health policy, zanzibar

Abstract: Low-income countries with high Tuberculosis burden have few reference laboratories able to perform TB culture. This article makes clear that an advanced TB laboratory can represent a low cost solution to strengthen the TB diagnosis, to provide capacity building and mid-term sustainability.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428332/pdf/pone.0044109.pdf

Document type: E-article