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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
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Joseph Stephens
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Faraz Alizadeh, Gideon Mfitumuhoza, Joseph Stephens, Christopher Habimaana, Kwiringira Myles, Michael Baganizi, Gerald Paccione
Global Health: Science and Practice Mar 2019, 7 (1) 103-115; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00394

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Faraz Alizadeh, Gideon Mfitumuhoza, Joseph Stephens, Christopher Habimaana, Kwiringira Myles, Michael Baganizi, Gerald Paccione
Global Health: Science and Practice Mar 2019, 7 (1) 103-115; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00394
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