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

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...

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Main Authors: Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Yukari C. Manabe, Adithya Cattamanchi, Barbara Castelnuovo, Achilles Katamba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08213-w