Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Women Attending Clinics for Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. AUTHORS:
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Pulmonary tuberculosis among women with cough attending clinics for family planning and maternal and child health in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) case detection in women has remained low in developing world. This study was conducted to determine the proportion of smear positive TB among women with cough regardless of the duration attending family Planning (FP) and Maternal and child health (MCH) clinics in Dar es Salaam. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional study in all three municipal hospitals of Dar es...
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