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Impact of community tracer teams on treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) indicators in South Africa currently remain well below global targets. In 2008, the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) implemented a community mobilization program in all nine provinces to trace TB patients that had missed a treatment or clinic visit. Implementation si...

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Autores principales:	Bronner, Liza E, Podewils, Laura J, Peters, Annatjie, Somnath, Pushpakanthi, Nshuti, Lorna, van der Walt, Martie, Mametja, Lerole David
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2012
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490985/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22871071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-621

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