Understanding barriers to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment completion in a low-resource setting: A mixed-methods study in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Afom T AndomHannah N GilbertMelino NdayizigiyeJoia S MukherjeeChristina Thompson LivelyJonase NthunyaTholoana A MaroleMakena RatsiuMary C Smith FawziCourtney M YuenPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Tuberculosis diagnosis could be improved through the effective decentralization of laboratory services at the health facility level, and treatment completion could be improved by providing food and other forms of social support to patients.
Keyphrases
- social support
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- depressive symptoms
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- mental health
- public health
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- human health
- hiv aids
- risk assessment
- chronic kidney disease
- emergency department
- combination therapy
- climate change
- health information
- health promotion
- smoking cessation
- adverse drug