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Exploring the promise and reality of ward-based primary healthcare outreach teams conducting TB household contact tracing in three districts of South Africa

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) household contact tracing is a form of targeted active case-finding for which community health workers (‘outreach teams’) in South Africa are primarily responsible for its implementation. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study to understand the role of outreach t...

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Autores principales: Chetty-Makkan, Candice M., deSanto, Daniel, Lessells, Richard, Charalambous, Salome, Velen, Kavindhran, Makgopa, Sewele, Gumede, Dumile, Fielding, Katherine, Grant, Alison D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8362963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34388206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256033