The contribution of a non-governmental organisation’s Community Based Tuberculosis Care Programme to case finding in Myanmar: trend over time

The contribution of a non-governmental organisation’s Community Based Tuberculosis Care Programme to case finding in Myanmar: trend over time

Abstract Background 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 in...

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Main Authors: Htet Myet Win Maung, Saw Saw, Petros Isaakidis, Mohammed Khogali, Anthony Reid, Nguyen Binh Hoa, Ko Ko Zaw, Saw Thein, Si Thu Aung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Operational research
Community based tuberculosis care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0253-y

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