A qualitative exploration into the presence of TB stigmatization across three districts in South Africa

• Main Authors: Daniel DeSanto (Author), Kavindhran Velen (Author), Richard Lessells (Author), Sewele Makgopa (Author), Dumile Gumede (Author), Katherine Fielding (Author), Alison D Grant (Author), Salome Charalambous (Author), Candice M Chetty-Makkan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) stigma is a barrier to active case finding and delivery of care in fighting the TB epidemic. As part of a project exploring different models for delivery of TB contact tracing, we conducted a qualitative analysis to explore the presence of TB stigma within commu...