Active versus passive case finding for tuberculosis in marginalised and vulnerable populations in India: comparison of treatment outcomes

نویسندگان
چکیده

برای دانلود رایگان متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Outcome of tuberculosis treatment in HIV-positive adults diagnosed through active versus passive case-finding

Background The World Health Organization strongly recommends regular screening for tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-positive individuals. Objective To compare the outcome of anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) in HIV-positive adults diagnosed with TB through active case-finding (ACF) or passive case-finding (PCF). Design Antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve adults diagnosed with TB were included from two p...

متن کامل

Evaluation of Active Case Finding (ACF) of Tuberculosis in Slums Population in North of Iran

Background At present of the limitation of the current case finding strategies and the global urgency to improve tuberculosis (TB) case finding, a renewed interest in active case finding (ACF) has risen. World Health Organization (WHO) calls for research on TB screening among low-income countries because of the limitation of the passive case finding strategies. We aimed to evaluated Active Case...

متن کامل

tuberculosis: active case finding survey in an urban area of india, in 2012

background: tuberculosis (tb) continues to pose a major global health problem and thus intensive action is needed to control and ultimately eliminate the disease . methods: an active case finding (acf) survey was conducted in the urban slum areas of the r-south municipal ward of mumbai city for a period of two months from june to july 2012. micro planning for survey was done by district tubercu...

متن کامل

Active case-finding for tuberculosis by mobile teams in Myanmar: yield and treatment outcomes

BACKGROUND Since 2005, the Myanmar National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) has been implementing active case finding (ACF) activities involving mobile teams in hard-to-reach areas. This study revealed the contribution of mobile team activities to total tuberculosis (TB) case detection, characteristics of TB patients detected by mobile teams and their treatment outcomes. METHODS This was a descr...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Global Health Action

سال: 2019

ISSN: 1654-9716,1654-9880

DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1656451