Health extension workers contribution on tuberculosis case notification in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: A concurrent mixed method study.
Hailay GebretnsaeTsegay HadguBrhane Gebrekidan AyeleAlemnesh AbrahaEqubay Gebre-EgziabherMulugeta WolduTsegay WellayGebregziabher Berihu GebrekidanMeasho Gebreslassie GebregziabherPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Provision of CB-DOTS and involvement of community volunteers in CBTC activities should be strengthened to improve the HEWs contribution on TB case notification. Additionally, HEWs should be empowered and further interventions of TB diagnostic services at diagnostic health facilities are needed to improve presumptive TB referral by HEWs.