Needs assessment for adapting TB directly observed treatment intervention programme in Limpopo Province, South Africa: A community-based participatory research approach
Background: Limpopo Province is one of the hardest hit by tuberculosis and human immune virus infections in the country. The province has been implementing directly observed treatment strategy since 1996. However, the cure rate was 64% in 2015 and remains far from the set target by the World Health...
Main Authors: | Jabu T. Mabunda, Lunic B. Khoza, Hubertus B. Van den Borne, Rachel T. Lebese |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AOSIS
2016-07-01
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Series: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine |
Online Access: | https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/981 |
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