Engaging women volunteers of high socioeconomic status in supporting socioeconomically disadvantaged tuberculosis patients in Chiang Rai, Thailand

• Główni autorzy: Pacharee Kantipong (Autor), Jirapohn Wongyai (Autor), Supalert Nedsuwan (Autor), Sarmwai Luangjina (Autor), Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai (Autor), Nobukatsu Ishikawa (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Problem: The 2008 tuberculosis (TB) surveillance of Chiang Rai Hospital, Chiang Rai, Thailand reported that 8.4% of Thai, 22.7% of hill tribe minority and 25% of migrant patients (n = 736) defaulted from treatment. Context: TB patient management in Chiang Rai is complicated due to poverty and HIV st...