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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-10-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/3068