What makes community health worker models for tuberculosis active case finding work? A cross-sectional study of TB REACH projects to identify success factors for increasing case notifications

• Main Authors: Thu A. Dam (Author), Rachel J. Forse (Author), Phuong M. T. Tran (Author), Luan N. Q. Vo (Author), Andrew J. Codlin (Author), Lan P. Nguyen (Author), Jacob Creswell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In the field of tuberculosis (TB), Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) have been engaged for advocacy, case detection, and patient support in a wide range of settings. Estimates predict large-scale shortfalls of healthcare workers in low- and middle-income settings by 2030 and st...