Patient and health system level barriers to and facilitators for tuberculosis treatment initiation in Uganda: a qualitative study

• Auteurs principaux: Stella Zawedde-Muyanja (Auteur), Yukari C. Manabe (Auteur), Adithya Cattamanchi (Auteur), Barbara Castelnuovo (Auteur), Achilles Katamba (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Abstract Background The WHO END TB strategy targets to place at least 90% of all patients diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) on appropriate treatment. In Uganda, approximately 20% of patients diagnosed with TB are not initiated on TB treatment. We sought to identify the patient and health system level...