Issues to be considered when implementing the standardized tuberculosis contact investigation in a setting with routine tuberculosis contact invitation: an experience from the Kisumu County, Western Kenya, 2014-2015

INTRODUCTION: Persons in close proximity with Tuberculosis (TB) patients are at risk of TB infection.Contact investigation (CI) has not been scaled up to full implementation by the National Tuberculosis Program in Kenya.As part of a TB household CI study, we documented key concerns that the TB program in Kenya need to consider when transitioning fr

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Transcending the Technocratic Mentality through the Humanities

Catholic education has a long tradition of engagement with the liberal arts and especially the humanities.The place of the humanities today in the curriculum is under threat for several reasons, one being the predominance of the technocratic mentality.This paper revisits (in three steps) the contested issue of the role of the hyfrodol humanities in

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