Acceptability and feasibility of delegating HIV counseling and testing for TB patients to community health workers in the Philippines: a mixed methods study

• Autori principali: Tyrone Reden L. Sy (Autore), Retna Siwi Padmawati (Autore), Emmanuel S. Baja (Autore), Riris Andono Ahmad (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Background The Philippines has a high burden of TB and HIV, yet the WHO estimates that only 13% of Filipino TB patients know their HIV status. This is partly attributable to the lack of trained HIV counselors and medical technologists (or laboratory technicians) at the primary healthcare le...