The Contribution of a Non-Governmental Organisation's Community Based Tuberculosis Care Programme to Case Finding in Myanmar: Trend Over Time
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Infectious Diseases of PovertyAbstract
It is estimated that the standard, passive case finding (PCF) strategy for detecting cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Myanmar has not been successful: 26% of cases are missing. Therefore, alternative strategies, such as active case finding (ACF) by community volunteers, have been initiated since 2011. This study aimed to assess the contribution of a Community Based TB Care Programme (CBTC) by local non-government organizations (NGOs) to TB case finding in Myanmar over 4 years.Publisher
BioMed CentralPubMed ID
28366173Language
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2049-9957ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/s40249-017-0253-y
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