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Identifying and Reengaging Patients Lost to Follow-Up in Rural Africa: The “Horizontal” Hospital-Based Approach in Uganda

Faraz Alizadeh, Gideon Mfitumuhoza, Joseph Stephens, Christopher Habimaana, Kwiringira Myles, Michael Baganizi and Gerald Paccione
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2019, 7(1):103-115; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00394
Faraz Alizadeh
aBoston Children's Hospital, Boston Medical Center, and Doctors for Global Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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  • For correspondence: Faraz.Alizadeh{at}childrens.harvard.edu
Gideon Mfitumuhoza
bKisoro District Hospital and Doctors for Global Health, Kisoro, Uganda.
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Joseph Stephens
cMontefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Doctors for Global Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Christopher Habimaana
bKisoro District Hospital and Doctors for Global Health, Kisoro, Uganda.
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Kwiringira Myles
bKisoro District Hospital and Doctors for Global Health, Kisoro, Uganda.
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Michael Baganizi
bKisoro District Hospital and Doctors for Global Health, Kisoro, Uganda.
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Gerald Paccione
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vol. 7 no. 1 103-115
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00394
PubMed 
30926739

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: October 9, 2018
  • Accepted: February 6, 2019
  • Published online March 29, 2019.

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  1. Faraz Alizadeha⇑,
  2. Gideon Mfitumuhozab,
  3. Joseph Stephensc,
  4. Christopher Habimaanab,
  5. Kwiringira Mylesb,
  6. Michael Baganizib,
  7. Gerald Paccionec
  1. aBoston Children's Hospital, Boston Medical Center, and Doctors for Global Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  2. bKisoro District Hospital and Doctors for Global Health, Kisoro, Uganda.
  3. cMontefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Doctors for Global Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Faraz Alizadeh (Faraz.Alizadeh{at}childrens.harvard.edu).
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