An Evaluation of Passive and Active Approaches to Improve Tuberculosis Notifications in Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, improving TB case detection remains challenging. In 2014, only half of the estimated incident TB cases were notified, and notifications have decreased since peaking in 2007. Active case finding has been increasingly considered to improve TB case notifications. While access to health...

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Main Authors: A Sanaie, C Mergenthaler, A Nasrat, M K Seddiq, S D Mahmoodi, R H Stevens, J Creswell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5049786?pdf=render