The impact of pastoralist mobility on tuberculosis control in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

• Main Authors: Faisal Nooh (Author), Lisa Crump (Author), Abdiwahab Hashi (Author), Rea Tschopp (Author), Esther Schelling (Author), Klaus Reither (Author), Jan Hattendorf (Author), Seid M. Ali (Author), Brigit Obrist (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Jakob Zinsstag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) is the current mainstay to control tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Context-specific adaptations of DOTS have impending implications in the fight against TB. In Ethiopia, there is a national TB control programme with the goal to elimin...