Engagement of private healthcare providers for case finding of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Shifa Salman Habib (Author), Sana Rafiq (Author), Wafa Zehra Jamal (Author), Shaikh Muhammad Ayub (Author), Rashida Abbas Ferrand (Author), Aamir Khan (Author), Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The rising co-epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is a challenge for constrained health systems in low and middle-income countries. Diabetes is a known risk factor for tuberculosis and associated with poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes, while tuberculosis i...