Contact screening and management in a high-transmission MDR-TB setting in Papua New Guinea: Progress, challenges and future directions

Contact screening and management in a high-transmission MDR-TB setting in Papua New Guinea: Progress, challenges and future directions

Daru, South Fly District, Papua New Guinea is a high transmission setting for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). An emergency response by the Government in 2014 established a high-quality model for treatment and care. Household contact screening and management commenced in 2016 with TB preve...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in tropical diseases 2023-01, Vol.3
Hauptverfasser: Majumdar, Suman S., Islam, Shahidul, Huang, G. Khai Lin, Morris, Lucy, Bauri, Mathias, Chan, Geoff, Kama, Gabriel, Keam, Tess, Peacock-Smith, Abby, Finch, Stacia, Marukutira, Tafireyi, Bhatt, Shivani, Drewett, George, Wratten, Melanie, Murray, Alexa, Pank, Naomi, Masah, Christopher, Bala, Ruth, Umali, Scott, Kalon, Stobdan, Greig, Jane, Chani, Kudakwashe, Kal, Margaret, Graham, Stephen Michael
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Daru, South Fly District, Papua New Guinea is a high transmission setting for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). An emergency response by the Government in 2014 established a high-quality model for treatment and care. Household contact screening and management commenced in 2016 with TB preventive treatment (TPT) for well young child (
ISSN:2673-7515
2673-7515
DOI:10.3389/fitd.2022.1085401