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An evaluation of innovative community-based approaches and systematic tuberculosis screening to improve tuberculosis case detection in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2017
Background: National tuberculosis (TB) programmes globally rely heavily on passive case finding for detecting TB in the community as advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Daniel C Oshi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the dynamics of clouds in the broad-line region of AGNs with an ADAF atmosphere [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We investigate orbital motion of spherical, pressure-confined clouds in the broad-line region (BLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGN). The combined influence of gravity of the central object and the non-isotropic radiation of the central source are taking ...
Khajenabi, Fazeleh
core   +1 more source

Impact of Active Case Finding on Treatment Outcomes in Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

open access: yesТуберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2021
The objective: to assess the effect of active finding of tuberculosis cases on the frequency of bacterial excretion, lung tissue destruction, and treatment outcomes.Subjects and Methods.
S. А. Sterlikov   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative study of GP, nurse and practice manager views on using targeted case-finding to identify patients with COPD in primary care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
‘Finding the missing millions’ with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease became part of the Department of Health strategy for England in 2010. Targeted case-finding within primary care is one potential pro-active strategy, but currently little is known ...
AL Siu   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluating the yield of systematic screening for tuberculosis among three priority groups in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

open access: yesInfectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background In order to end tuberculosis (TB), it is necessary to expand coverage of TB care services, including systematic screening initiatives.
Luan Nguyen Quang Vo   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients detected by active case finding under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme during 2018 in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: In India, the active case-finding (ACF) strategy began in 2017 under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme to find its missing tuberculosis (TB) cases.
Mahendra Singh   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

On Linearly Constrained Minimum Variance Beamforming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Beamforming is a widely used technique for source localization in signal processing and neuroimaging. A number of vector-beamformers have been introduced to localize neuronal activity by using magnetoencephalography (MEG) data in the literature ...
Liu, Chao, Zhang, Jian
core   +1 more source

Active TB Case Finding: Guidance Document

open access: yes, 2023
Government of India guidelines for active case finding for tuberculosis in ...
openaire   +1 more source

The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background In Asia, over 50% of patients with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) access health care from private providers. These patients are usually not notified to the National TB Control Programs, which contributes to low notification rates in many ...
Hamidah Hussain   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comparison between passive and active case finding in TB control in the Arkhangelsk region [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2014
Background: In Russia, active case finding (ACF) for certain population groups has been practiced uninterruptedly for many decades, but no studies comparing ACF and passive case finding (PCF) approaches in Russia have been published.
Vladimir N. Kuznetsov   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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