Health-seeking behaviour and patient-related factors associated with the time to TB treatment initiation in four African countries: a cross-sectional survey
There are delays in TB treatment initiation among presumptive TB individuals. Partnerships with pharmacies, active case finding and decentralised TB services may be important to incorporate into the National TB Control Programme.
Authors
- Olena Ivanova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8276-7891)
- Kavindhran Velen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-3915)
- Pedroso Nhassengo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2519-1419)
- Violet Chihota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-9266)
- Katherine Fielding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6524-3754)
- Salome Charalambous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7143-1009)
- Farzana Sathar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8296-8554)
- Mohammed Rassool (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0792-9050)
- Olumuyiwa Owolabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4316-5123)
- Denise Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0698-1228)
- Julieth Lalashowi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6213-5213)
- Andrea Rachow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4729-3405)
Institutions
- FIND (CH)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Mbeya University of Science and Technology (TZ)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- MRC Unit the Gambia (GM)
- Aurum Institute (ZA)
- Instituto Nacional de Saúde (MZ)
- National Institute for Medical Research (TZ)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001002
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.17
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung