“It’s about time they taught us”: a qualitative study evaluating the barriers to finding and screening child contacts under five at risk for TB in Gauteng Province, South Africa from the provider and caregiver perspectives
Abstract Background Inadequate numbers of children under five years of age who are exposed to tuberculosis (TB) in the home (child contact) are initiated on TB preventive treatment (TPT) in South Africa. We assessed barriers of initiating isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in this age group. Methods...
Main Authors: | Fadzai Munedzimwe, C. M. Chetty-Makkan, R. Mukora, S. Charalambous, K. Turner, V. Chihota |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-12-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10359-0 |
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