Health extension workers improve tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcome in Ethiopia: a large-scale implementation study

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death in Ethiopia. One of the main barriers for TB control is the lack of access to health services. METHODS: We evaluated a diagnostic and treatment service for TB based on the health extension workers (HEW) of the Ethiopian Health Extension Program...

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Autores principales: Datiko, Daniel G, Yassin, Mohammed A, Theobald, Sally J, Blok, Lucie, Suvanand, Sahu, Creswell, Jacob, Cuevas, Luis E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29209537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000390

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29209537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000390

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