A user-centred implementation strategy for tuberculosis contact investigation in Uganda: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial

• Main Authors: Achilles Katamba (Author), Amanda J Gupta (Author), Patricia Turimumahoro (Author), Emmanuel Ochom (Author), Joseph M Ggita (Author), Suzan Nakasendwa (Author), Leah Nanziri (Author), Johnson Musinguzi (Author), Rachel Hennein (Author), Moorine Sekadde (Author), Colleen Hanrahan (Author), Raymond Byaruhanga (Author), Erez Yoeli (Author), Stavia Turyahabwe (Author), Adithya Cattamanchi (Author), David W Dowdy (Author), Jessica E Haberer (Author), Mari Armstrong-Hough (Author), Noah Kiwanuka (Author), J. Lucian Davis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis(TB) is among the leading causes of infectious death worldwide. Contact investigation is an evidence-based, World Health Organisation-endorsed intervention for timely TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention but has not been widely and effectively implemented. Methods...