Geographic accessibility to childhood tuberculosis care in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Aashifa Yaqoob (Author), Muhammad Rizwan Alvi (Author), Razia Fatima (Author), Hina Najmi (Author), Zia Samad (Author), Nadia Nisar (Author), Anwar Ul Haq (Author), Basharat Javed (Author), Abdul Wali Khan (Author), Sven Gudmund Hinderaker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) in children is difficult to detect and often needs specialists to diagnose; the health system is supposed to refer to higher level of health care when diagnosis is not settled in a sick child. In Pakistan, the primary health care level can usually not diagnose childhood...