Practices toward presumptive tuberculosis clients among patent medicine vendors in Ebonyi State Nigeria

Practices toward presumptive tuberculosis clients among patent medicine vendors in Ebonyi State Nigeria

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of ill-health and death globally but a serious challenge to its control is low case notification. In low- and middle-income countries, most patients with symptoms of the disease first seek care from patent medicine vendors (PMVs) who are not formerly tr...

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Main Authors: Cosmas Kenan Onah, Benedict Ndubueze Azuogu, Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Adaoha Pearl Agu, Lawrence Ulu Ogbonnaya, Chika Onwasigwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
client referral
directly observed treatment short-course
patent medicine vendors
persistent cough
presumptive tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=71;epage=78;aulast=Onah

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