Evaluating the integration of tuberculosis screening and contact investigation in tuberculosis clinics in Ethiopia: A mixed method study

L. Ketema; Z. G. Dememew; D. Assefa; T. Gudina; A. Kassa; T. Letta; B. Ayele; Y. Tadesse; B. Tegegn; D. G. Datiko; C. Negeri; A. Bedru; E. Klinkenberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241977

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Evaluating the integration of tuberculosis screening and contact investigation in tuberculosis clinics in Ethiopia: A mixed method study

L. Ketema,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KNVC Tuberculosis Foundation/Management Sciences for Health USAID/Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Z. G. Dememew ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zgashu@msh.org

Affiliation KNVC Tuberculosis Foundation/Management Sciences for Health USAID/Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4428-6050

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D. Assefa,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation KNVC Tuberculosis Foundation/Management Sciences for Health USAID/Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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T. Gudina,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, National TB Program and Child Health Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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A. Kassa,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, National TB Program and Child Health Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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T. Letta,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, National TB Program and Child Health Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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B. Ayele,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, National TB Program and Child Health Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Y. Tadesse,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, National TB Program and Child Health Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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B. Tegegn,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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D. G. Datiko,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KNVC Tuberculosis Foundation/Management Sciences for Health USAID/Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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C. Negeri,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KNVC Tuberculosis Foundation/Management Sciences for Health USAID/Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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A. Bedru,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KNVC Tuberculosis Foundation/Management Sciences for Health USAID/Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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E. Klinkenberg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands, Department of Global Health and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Evaluating the integration of tuberculosis screening and contact investigation in tuberculosis clinics in Ethiopia: A mixed method study

L. Ketema,
Z. G. Dememew,
D. Assefa,
T. Gudina,
A. Kassa,
T. Letta,
B. Ayele,
Y. Tadesse,
B. Tegegn,
D. G. Datiko

Published: November 19, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241977

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