'I am on treatment since 5 months but I have not received any money': coverage, delays and implementation challenges of 'Direct Benefit Transfer' for tuberculosis patients - a mixed-methods study from South India

• Hauptverfasser: Abhay Subhashrao Nirgude (Verfasst von), Ajay M. V. Kumar (Verfasst von), Timire Collins (Verfasst von), Poonam Ramesh Naik (Verfasst von), Malik Parmar (Verfasst von), Li Tao (Verfasst von), Kibballi Madhukeshwar Akshaya (Verfasst von), Pracheth Raghuveer (Verfasst von), Santosh K. Yatnatti (Verfasst von), Navya Nagendra (Verfasst von), Sharath B. Nagaraja (Verfasst von), Shaira Habeena (Verfasst von), Badarudeen MN (Verfasst von), Ramkrishna Rao (Verfasst von), Suresh Shastri (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: In March 2018, the Government of India launched a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme to provide nutritional support for all tuberculosis (TB) patients in line with END TB strategy. Here, the money (@INR 500 [~8 USD] per month) is deposited electronically into the bank accounts of benef...