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Defaulter Tracing

Defaulter Tracing is a systematic public health intervention within tuberculosis program management that involves the identification and location of patients who have interrupted or failed to complete their prescribed anti-tuberculosis treatment regimen in order to facilitate treatment resumption and minimize disease transmission.

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36

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2017–2026

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Publications

16

Defaulting from DOTS and its determinants in three districts of Arsi Zone in Ethiopia.

Betru Tekle, Damen Haile Mariam, Abraham Ali · PubMed · 2002 · 153 citations

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Implementation and outcomes of an active defaulter tracing system for HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and TB patients in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya

Kerry A. Thomson, Erastus Cheti, Tony Reid · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2011 · 62 citations

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Defaulting from tuberculosis treatment at the Addis Abeba Tuberculosis Centre and factors associated with it.

Meaza Demissie, D. Kebede · PubMed · 1994 · 54 citations

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Registering initial defaulters and reporting on their treatment outcomes.

A D Harries, I. D. Rusen, C-Y Chiang et al. · PubMed · 2009 · 43 citations

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Effectiveness and Acceptability of Delivery of Antiretroviral Treatment in Health Centres by Health Officers and Nurses in Ethiopia

Yibeltal Assefa, Abiyou Kiflie, Betru Tekle et al. · Journal of Health Services Research & Policy · 2011 · 37 citations

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Authors

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  1. BT
    Betru Tekle

    Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

    2 publications · 190 citations

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  2. DH
    Damen Haile Mariam

    Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

    2 publications · 190 citations

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  3. MY
    Molla Yigzaw Birhanu

    Debre Markos University, Ethiopia

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. SA
    Sofiya Ayalew Kebede

    Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. SR
    S. Rajasekaran

    Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, India

    1 publications · 34 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. Addis Ababa University

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  2. Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  3. South African Medical Research Council

    Cape Town, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. Tan Tock Seng Hospital

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  5. Ministry of Health

    Lilongwe, Malawi

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    125 citations

  6. Ministry of Health

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  7. Maastricht University Medical Centre

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  8. Médecins Sans Frontières

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 359 citations

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  2. Antiviral Therapy

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  3. Clinical Infectious Diseases

    CID · 1 publications · 34 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. Research on emotion in organizations

    Book series · 1 publications · 12 citations

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