Title |
Childhood tuberculosis deskguide and monitoring: An intervention to improve case management in Pakistan
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-11-187 |
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Authors |
Nauman Safdar, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Noor Ahmed Baloch, Donald A Enarson, Muhammad Amir Khan, Odd Morkve |
Abstract |
Childhood tuberculosis (TB) has been a neglected area in national TB control programme (NTCP) in high burden countries. The NTP Pakistan adapted the global approaches by developing and piloting its policy guideline on childhood TB in ten districts of the country. We developed an intervention package including a deskguide and a monitoring tool and tested with the ongoing childhood TB care in a district. The objective of our study was to measure effectiveness of intervention package with deskguide and monitoring tool by comparing TB case finding and treatment outcomes among districts in 2008, and performance assessment in intervention district. |
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Unknown | 1 | 14% |
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Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 3 | 43% |
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Norway | 1 | 2% |
Australia | 1 | 2% |
Brazil | 1 | 2% |
Cambodia | 1 | 2% |
Rwanda | 1 | 2% |
United States | 1 | 2% |
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Researcher | 7 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 7% |
Lecturer | 3 | 5% |
Other | 10 | 18% |
Unknown | 16 | 29% |
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Social Sciences | 6 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 9% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 4% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 4% |
Other | 4 | 7% |
Unknown | 17 | 31% |