TB burden and diagnostic challenges at Sandaun Provincial Hospital in West Sepik Province of PNG, 2016–2021
Diagnostic services in West Sepik Province need strengthening to achieve a higher proportion of bacteriological confirmation in new pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB cases of all ages and improve access for the rural population.
Authors
- Stefanie J. Vaccher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5170-4110)
- Jane Greig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-0023)
- Subeer S. Majumdar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-7483)
- Trevor Kelebi
- S. Bita
- A Holmes
Institutions
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- Provincial Health Services Authority (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Action
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.24.0016
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39