Predisposing, enabling, and need factors influencing rapid uptake of the world health organization-endorsed TB diagnostic technologies in Africa
Our findings demonstrated that the uptake of TB diagnostics in Africa is slow. Considering the laboratory preparedness, staff competence, policy reform, availability of funds, and the emergence of MDR-TB as the main PEN factors identified could help speed up the uptake and rapid implementation of any new technology.
Authors
- Achilles Katamba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2347-4183)
- Anandi Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5846-4751)
- Jean de Dieu Iragena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5237-9775)
- Moses Lutaakome Joloba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-9983)
- Willy Ssengooba
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11804-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40