Health care providers’ knowledge, attitude and perceived stigma regarding tuberculosis in a pastoralist community in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains the prime killer disease among infectious diseases. TB control depends on early case detection and treatment in a directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) programme. The success of DOTS depends on the ability of the health care system to identify...
Main Authors: | Bezawit Temesgen Sima, Tefera Belachew, Fekadu Abebe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-01-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3815-1 |
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