Geographic accessibility to public health facilities providing tuberculosis testing services at point-of-care in the upper east region, Ghana

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Desmond Kuupiel · Sunyani Technical University

Kwame Manu Adu · University of Ghana

Felix Apiribu · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Vitalis Bawontuo · Catholic University College of Ghana

Duncan A. Adogboba · Ghana Health Service

Kwasi T. Ali · Catholic University College of Ghana

Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson

Abstract

There is poor geographic accessibility to public health facilities providing TB testing services at POC in the UER of Ghana. Targeted improvement of rural PHC clinics in the UER to enable them provide TB testing services at POC is highly recommended.

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Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 718-718

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7052-2

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Geographic accessibility to public health facilities providing tuberculosis testing services at point-of-care in the upper east region, Ghana

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