Loss-to-follow-up and delay to treatment initiation in Pakistan's national tuberculosis control programme.

Syed Mustafa AliFarah NaureenArif NoorIrum FatimaKerri VineyMuhammad IshaqNaveed AnjumAamna RashidGhulam Rasool HaiderMuhammad Aamir KhanJavariya Aamir

Published in: BMC public health (2018)

Concentrated efforts should be made by the National TB Control Programme to retain TB patients and innovative methods such as text reminders and behavior change communication may need to be used and tested.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
quality improvement
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
emergency department
tertiary care
patient reported