Titre :
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FIDELIS : Innovative approaches to increasing global case detection of tuberculosis. (2006)
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Auteurs :
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I.D. RUSEN ;
Donald-A ENARSON ;
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Department of Scientific Activities. Paris. FRA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 96, n° 1, Janvier 2006)
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Pagination :
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14-16
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Tuberculose
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Bactériose
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Infection
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Innovation
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Homme
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Programme santé
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS E36R0xTL. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Tuberculosis was declared a global public health emergency in 1993. In 2003, only 45% of the world's estimated new smear-positive tuberculosis cases were detected-well below the 70% global case detection target set by the World Health Organization. The FIDELIS (Fund for Innovative DOTS Expansion Through Local Initiatives to Stop TB) initiative is a new global disease control initiative that has been developed to rapidly assess and implement innovative approaches to increase tuberculosis case detection. To date, 32 projects have been approved-covering approximately 378 million people in 13 countries-24 (75%) of which are in the world's 6 highest-burden countries. A wide range of target populations and interventions have been incorporated into successful FIDELIS projects. The FIDELIS initiative may serve as a model to discover best practices to address other urgent global public health problems.
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