Some researchers hesitated to participate under the new rules, and Dr. Clifton ended up with nine medical centers in the study.
Sixty cow milk samples were collected from traditional dairy sales centers in the study site.
First, the incentive boundaries need to be determined to define the boundaries of the future centers in the study area.
There is a national hospital (NH) with a maternity ward in the capital and three health centers in the study area, one of them with a maternity ward.
Surgical centers in the study region and major surgical centers within 50 miles were visited.
Briefly, cases ≤ 14 years of age were identified from the nine major pediatric clinical centers in the study area.
As it was observed, the health centers in the study area were not well-equipped with TB diagnostics.
Only the two health centers in the study area provide Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) to TB cases [ 27].
Because of the number of centers in the study (13), data about organisational characteristics should be looked on with caution.
Seventy-seven percent of the health centers in the study had implemented PBF by 2006; by 2007, all the health centers had either phase 1 or phase 2 PBF.
Measurements in the prenatal phase of the study were conducted in two well-equipped research centers in the study area, with a close collaboration with midwives and hospitals.
