What makes community health worker models for tuberculosis active case finding work? A cross-sectional study of TB REACH projects to identify success factors for increasing case notifications
Abstract Background In the field of tuberculosis (TB), Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) have been engaged for advocacy, case detection, and patient support in a wide range of settings. Estimates predict large-scale shortfalls of healthcare workers in low- and middle-income settings by 2030 and st...
Main Authors: | Thu A. Dam, Rachel J. Forse, Phuong M. T. Tran, Luan N. Q. Vo, Andrew J. Codlin, Lan P. Nguyen, Jacob Creswell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-03-01
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Series: | Human Resources for Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-022-00708-1 |
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