Tag: tuberculosis
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Community-Based Approaches Doubled Tuberculosis Case Notification and Improve
Treatment Outcome in Southern Ethiopia
A community-based TB intervention package was implemented in Sidama zone, Ethiopia. The package included advocacy, training, engaging stakeholders and communities and active case-finding by female Health Extension Workers (HEWs) at village level. HEWs conducted house-to-house visits, identified individuals with a cough for two or more weeks, with or without other symptoms, collected sputum, prepared smears… Read more