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Best Practices in Engagement of All Health Care Providers in the Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Manual
Best Practices in Engagement of All Health Care Providers in the Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

This document shares best practices in engagement of health care providers in programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis that have been documented in different countries and regions and implemented by different stakeholders. Case studies presented in the document are lessons learned for scale-up of public-private mix for the management of drug-resistant TB at country level.

Author:

World Health Organization, Global TB Programme

Audiences:

Policy Makers

Topic:

MDR TB

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