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Use of a context-specific package to increase sputum smear monitoring among people with pulmonary tuberculosis in Uganda: a quality improvement study
BACKGROUND: People with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (BC-PTB) require sputum smear monitoring (SSM) to ascertain response to anti-TB treatment and cure from TB disease. We aimed to increase SSM at 2, 5 and 6 months among people with BC-PTB from the baseline (March to July 2021)...
Autores principales: | Adrawa, Norbert, Ongiro, Simon, Lotee, Kizito, Seret, Jacob, Adeke, Mary, Izudi, Jonathan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10414073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37558284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002314 |
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