Engaging women volunteers of high socioeconomic status in supporting socioeconomically disadvantaged tuberculosis patients in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Engaging women volunteers of high socioeconomic status in supporting socioeconomically disadvantaged tuberculosis patients in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Problem: The 2008 tuberculosis (TB) surveillance of Chiang Rai Hospital, Chiang Rai, Thailand reported that 8.4% of Thai, 22.7% of hill tribe minority and 25% of migrant patients (n = 736) defaulted from treatment. Context: TB patient management in Chiang Rai is complicated due to poverty and HIV st...

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Main Authors: Pacharee Kantipong, Jirapohn Wongyai, Supalert Nedsuwan, Sarmwai Luangjina, Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai, Nobukatsu Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific 2013-01-01
Series:Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Subjects:
tuberculosis
socioeconomically disadvantaged TB patients
Chiang Rai
Thailand
high socioeconomic women volunteers
Online Access:http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/189/243

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