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cord-330537-xz0wt1sz	Biermann, Olivia	Active case-finding policy development, implementation and scale-up in high-burden countries: A mixed-methods survey with National Tuberculosis Programme managers and document review	2020-10-28		.txt	text/plain	5668	307	49	title: Active case-finding policy development, implementation and scale-up in high-burden countries: A mixed-methods survey with National Tuberculosis Programme managers and document review BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) stresses the importance of active case-finding (ACF) for early detection of tuberculosis (TB), especially in the 30 high-burden countries that account for almost 90% of cases globally. OBJECTIVE: To describe the attitudes of National TB Programme (NTP) managers related to ACF policy development, implementation and scale-up in the 30 high-burden countries, and to review national TB strategic plans. Moreover, this study focuses on National TB Programme (NTP) managers, key stakeholders in developing and implementing ACF policies [13] . The study comprised a cross-sectional survey with NTP managers from 30 high TB burden countries, which included closed and open-ended questions designed to elicit quantitative and qualitative information, enhancing each other [15] .	./cache/cord-330537-xz0wt1sz.txt	./txt/cord-330537-xz0wt1sz.txt