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Evaluation of community-based interventions to improve TB case detection in a rural district of Tanzania

Charlotte Colvin, Jackson Mugyabuso, Godwin Munuo, John Lyimo, Eyal Oren, Zahra Mkomwa, Mohammed Makame, Atuswege Mwangomale, Vishnu Mahamba, Lisa Mueller and D'Arcy Richardson
Global Health: Science and Practice May 2014, 2(2):219-225; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00026
Charlotte Colvin
aU.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA
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Jackson Mugyabuso
bPATH Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Godwin Munuo
bPATH Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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John Lyimo
bPATH Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Eyal Oren
cUniversity of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Zahra Mkomwa
bPATH Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Mohammed Makame
bPATH Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Atuswege Mwangomale
bPATH Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Vishnu Mahamba
bPATH Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Lisa Mueller
dPATH, Washington, DC, USA
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D'Arcy Richardson
eIndependent Consultant, San Francisco, CA, USA
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    Sputum fixers used bicycles to deliver sputum samples from people with presumptive TB to the nearest diagnostic facility.

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    Tuberculosis Case Notification Rates, Kisarawe District, Tanzania, vs. Nationally, 2009–2011

    Abbreviations: SS+, sputum smear-positive; SS-, sputum smear-negative; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis.

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    Number of Individuals With Presumptive TB Referred by Pharmacists and Traditional Healers to Diagnostic Facilities, January 2010–March 2011

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    Contribution of Pharmacists and Traditional Healers to Overall TB Case Detection, Kisarawe District, January 2010–March 2011

    Abbreviation: SS+, sputum smear-positive.

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    A member of CORPs (Community's Own Resource Persons) shares information about TB with the community.

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Evaluation of community-based interventions to improve TB case detection in a rural district of Tanzania
Charlotte Colvin, Jackson Mugyabuso, Godwin Munuo, John Lyimo, Eyal Oren, Zahra Mkomwa, Mohammed Makame, Atuswege Mwangomale, Vishnu Mahamba, Lisa Mueller, D'Arcy Richardson
Global Health: Science and Practice May 2014, 2 (2) 219-225; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00026

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Charlotte Colvin, Jackson Mugyabuso, Godwin Munuo, John Lyimo, Eyal Oren, Zahra Mkomwa, Mohammed Makame, Atuswege Mwangomale, Vishnu Mahamba, Lisa Mueller, D'Arcy Richardson
Global Health: Science and Practice May 2014, 2 (2) 219-225; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00026
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