Building on facilitators and overcoming barriers to implement active tuberculosis case-finding in Nepal, experiences of community health workers and people with tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Olivia Biermann (Author), Kritika Dixit (Author), Bhola Rai (Author), Maxine Caws (Author), Knut Lönnroth (Author), Kerri Viney (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nepal has a high burden of undetected tuberculosis (TB). In line with the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy, the National TB Programme promotes active case-finding (ACF) as one strategy to find people with TB who are unreached by existing health services. The IMPAC...