Impact of intensified case-finding strategies on childhood TB case registration in Nepal

Public Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-98

  Joshi, Basant ^a   Chinnakali, P ^b   Shrestha, A ^c   Das, M ^d   Kumar, A M V ^e   Pant, R ^c   Lama, R ^a   Sarraf, R R ^f   Dumre, S P ^g   Harries, A D ^h,i  

^a Friends Affected and Infected Together In Hand (FAITH)   (Nepal)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c National Tuberculosis Centre   (Nepal)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^f Sano Paila (A little step)   (Nepal)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h The Union   (France)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non governmental organisation; Operational research; Paediatric tuberculosis; SORT IT; TB REACH

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 84991215157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22208372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/pha.15.0004     Document Type: Article

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