Where, when, and how many tuberculosis patients are lost from presumption until treatment initiation? A step by step assessment in a rural district in Zimbabwe

Where, when, and how many tuberculosis patients are lost from presumption until treatment initiation? A step by step assessment in a rural district in Zimbabwe

Objectives: To describe the pre-diagnosis and pre-treatment loss to follow-up (LTFU) in the tuberculosis (TB) care cascade in Guruve (2015–16), a rural district in Zimbabwe. Design: Guruve has 19 rural health centres (RHCs) and one district hospital. In this cohort study, persons ≥15 years of age wi...

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Main Authors: Admire S. Murongazvombo, Riitta A. Dlodlo, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Valerie Robertson, Susumu Hirao, Elijah Pikira, Cedric Zhanero, Rachael K. Taruvinga, Precious Andifasi, Cremence Tshuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218345594

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