Implementing a new tuberculosis surveillance system in Zhejiang, Jilin and Ningxia: improvements, challenges and implications for China's National Health Information System

• Main Authors: Wei-Xi Jiang (Author), Fei Huang (Author), Sheng-Lan Tang (Author), Ni Wang (Author), Xin Du (Author), Hui Zhang (Author), Yan-Lin Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background China is still faced with the public health challenge of tuberculosis (TB), and a robust surveillance system is critical for developing evidence-based TB control policies. The Tuberculosis Information Management System (TBIMS), an independent system launched in 2005, has encounte...