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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Pacharee Kantipong (लेखक), Jirapohn Wongyai (लेखक), Supalert Nedsuwan (लेखक), Sarmwai Luangjina (लेखक), Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai (लेखक), Nobukatsu Ishikawa (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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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...