Gaps in the Child Tuberculosis Care Cascade in 32 Rural Communities in Uganda and Kenya.
Gaps in the Child Tuberculosis Care Cascade in 32 Rural Communities in Uganda and Kenya.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jctube.2017.10.003
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发表时间:
2017-12-01
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2
通讯作者:
Marquez, Carina
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作者:
Mwangwa, Florence;Chamie, Gabriel;Marquez, Carina
BACKGROUND: Reducing tuberculosis (TB) deaths among children requires a better understanding of the gaps in the care cascade from TB diagnosis to treatment completion. We sought to assess the child TB care cascade in 32 rural communities in Uganda and Kenya using programmatic data.METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study of 160,851 children (ages