Improving TB detection among children in routine clinical care through intensified case finding in facility-based child health entry points and decentralized management: A before-and-after study in Nine Sub-Saharan African Countries.

Improving TB detection among children in routine clinical care through intensified case finding in facility-based child health entry points and decentralized management: A before-and-after study in Nine Sub-Saharan African Countries.

In 2022, an estimated 1.25 million children <15 years of age developed tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, but >50% remained undiagnosed or unreported. WHO recently recommended integrated and decentralized models of care as an approach to improve access to TB services for children, but evidence remai...

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Main Authors: Jean-François Lemaire, Jennifer Cohn, Shirin Kakayeva, Boris Tchounga, Patricia Fassinou Ekouévi, Vicky Kambaji Ilunga, Donald Ochieng Yara, Samson Lanje, Yusuf Bhamu, Leo Haule, Mary Namubiru, Tichaona Nyamundaya, Maude Berset, Mikhael de Souza, Rhoderick Machekano, Martina Casenghi, CaP-TB Study team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002865

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