Acceptability of decentralizing childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in low-income countries with high tuberculosis incidence: Experiences and perceptions from health care workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia.

• Main Authors: Basant Joshi (Author), Yara Voss De Lima (Author), Douglas Mbang Massom (Author), Sanary Kaing (Author), Marie-France Banga (Author), Egerton Tamba Kamara (Author), Sheriff Sesay (Author), Laurence Borand (Author), Jean-Voisin Taguebue (Author), Raoul Moh (Author), Celso Khosa (Author), Guillaume Breton (Author), Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire (Author), Maryline Bonnet (Author), Eric Wobudeya (Author), Olivier Marcy (Author), Joanna Orne-Gliemann (Author), TB-Speed Decentralization study group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Decentralizing childhood tuberculosis services, including diagnosis, is now recommended by the WHO and could contribute to increasing tuberculosis detection in high burden countries. However, implementing microbiological tests and clinical evaluation could be challenging for health care workers (HCW...