Cost-effectiveness of household contact investigation for detection of tuberculosis in Pakistan

Objectives Despite WHO guidelines recommending household contact investigation, and studies showing the impact of active screening, most tuberculosis (TB) programmes in resource-limited settings only carry out passive contact investigation. The cost of such strategies is often cited as barriers to t...

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Main Authors: Hamidah Hussain, Bjarne Robberstad, Thorkild Tylleskär, Jacob Creswell, Amyn Malik, Junaid F Ahmed, Sara Siddiqui, Farhana Amanullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/10/e049658.full
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