Barriers for tuberculosis case finding in Southwest Ethiopia: A qualitative study.

Barriers for tuberculosis case finding in Southwest Ethiopia: A qualitative study.

<h4>Background</h4>Ethiopia is one of the countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB). Jimma Zone has the lowest TB case notification rate compared to the national and World Health Organization's (WHO) targets. The aim of the present study was to identify barriers, and explore...

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Main Authors:	Berhane Megerssa Ereso, Solomon Abebe Yimer, Christoph Gradmann, Mette Sagbakken
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226307&type=printable

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