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Traditional healers’ role in the detection of active tuberculosis cases in a pastoralist community in Ethiopia: a pilot interventional study

BACKGROUND: Pastoralists rely on traditional healers (THs) for general health problems. However, some studies indicate that such practices result in delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) cases. This study aims to assess the role of traditional healers in the detection and referr...

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Autores principales:	Sima, Bezawit Temesgen, Belachew, Tefera, Bjune, Gunnar, Abebe, Fekadu
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7074-9

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