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Community-supported self-administered tuberculosis treatment combined with active tuberculosis screening: a pilot experience in Conakry, Guinea

Published:2023-10-06 Issue:1 Volume:16 Page:
ISSN:1654-9716
Container-title:Global Health Action
language:en
Short-container-title:Global Health Action

Author:

Hassane-Harouna Souleymane¹^ORCID,Gils Tinne²³^ORCID,Decroo Tom²,Ortuño-Gutiérrez Nimer⁴,Delamou Alexandre⁵,Cherif Gba-Foromo¹,Camara Lansana Mady⁵,Rigouts Leen⁶,de Jong Bouke Catherine⁶

Affiliation:

1. Tuberculosis department, Damien Foundation, Conakry, Guinea

2. Unit of HIV & Co-infections, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

3. Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

4. Unit of Research, Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium

5. Unit of Research, Public Health Department, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea

6. Unit of Mycobacteriology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Funder

Damien Foundation

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/16549716.2023.2262134

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