Missed opportunities in tuberculosis investigation and associated factors at public health facilities in Uganda

• Main Authors: Keith Twirire Kakame (Author), Noel Namuhani (Author), Andrew Kazibwe (Author), Felix Bongomin (Author), Joseph Baruch Baluku (Author), Sebastian Olikira Baine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is high in Uganda; yet, TB case detection is low. The population-based survey on the prevalence of TB in Uganda revealed that only 16% of presumptive TB patients seeking care at health facilities were offered sputum microscopy or chest-X ray (CX...