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Editorial
. 2019 Mar 29;7(1):3-5.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00074. Print 2019 Mar 22.

Scale and Ambition in the Engagement of Private Providers for Tuberculosis Care and Prevention

William A Wells  1
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Editorial

Scale and Ambition in the Engagement of Private Providers for Tuberculosis Care and Prevention

William A Wells. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

The tuberculosis (TB) community knows the importance of engaging private providers to reach critical TB targets, and knows how to engage successfully. The next challenge is to transition such efforts to government stewardship and financing in order to reach scale.

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