FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TUBERCULOSIS ACTIVE CASE-FINDING AMONG CHILDREN LIVING WITH TUBERCULOSIS RELATIVES: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY IN GUINEA-BISSAU
Background and Objectives: The World Health Organization End tuberculosis (TB) Strategy, approved in 2014, aims at a 90% reduction in TB deaths and an 80% reduction in TB incidence rate by 2030. One of the suggested interventions is the systematic screening of people with suspected TB, belonging to...
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| Main Author: | Raffaella Colombatti |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/3068 |
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