Scale-up of TB and HIV programme collaborative activities in Zambia - a 10-year review.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on April 05, 2012

Authors

N Kapata1, P Chanda-Kapata, M P Grobusch, J O'Grady, S Schwank, M Bates, S Jansenn, A Mwinga, F Cobelens, P Mwaba, A Zumla

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1: Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. nkapata@gmail.com

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