Impact of ASHA training on active case detection of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India.

• Váldodahkkit: Vidya Nand Ravi Das (Dahkki), Ravindra Nath Pandey (Dahkki), Krishna Pandey (Dahkki), Varsha Singh (Dahkki), Vijay Kumar (Dahkki), Greg Matlashewski (Dahkki), Pradeep Das (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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BACKGROUND: One of the major challenges for management of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is early diagnosis of cases to improve treatment outcome and reduce transmission. We have therefore investigated active case detection of VL with the help of accredited social health activists (ASHA). ASHAs are wom...