Building on facilitators and overcoming barriers to implement active tuberculosis case-finding in Nepal, experiences of community health workers and people with tuberculosis

Abstract Background Nepal has a high burden of undetected tuberculosis (TB). In line with the World Health Organization’s End TB Strategy, the National TB Programme promotes active case-finding (ACF) as one strategy to find people with TB who are unreached by existing health services. The IMPACT TB...

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Main Authors: Olivia Biermann, Kritika Dixit, Bhola Rai, Maxine Caws, Knut Lönnroth, Kerri Viney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06290-x