Longer lead time of tuberculosis laboratory commodities in Amhara region, Ethiopia
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Tuberculosis Laboratory Diagnosis Quality Assurance among Public Health Facilities in West Amhara Region, Ethiopia
INTRODUCTION Reliable smear microscopy is an important component of Directly Observed Treatment Scheme (DOTS) strategy for TB control program in countries with limited resources. Despite external quality assessment is established in Ethiopia, there is lower TB detection rate (48%) in Amhara region compared to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate (70%). This highlights the quality of sme...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2222-1808
DOI: 10.1016/s2222-1808(15)61029-5