Low Tuberculosis (TB) Case Detection: A Health Facility-Based Study of Possible Obstacles in Kaffa Zone, Southwest District of Ethiopia.
Mengistu AbaynehShewangizaw HaileMariamAbyot AsresPublished in: The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale (2020)
Interrupted functioning of diagnostic centers, shortage of trained care providers, limited active TB case finding practice, weak health information system, and inadequate knowledge and health care-seeking practice of the patients were identified as contributors for low TB case detection. Thus, improving functioning of diagnostic centers, active TB case finding activities, and expanding health education on TB disease will help to improve TB case detection in the districts.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- health information
- mental health
- public health
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- chronic kidney disease
- social media
- real time pcr
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- south africa
- body composition
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- climate change
- risk assessment
- resistance training
- human immunodeficiency virus
- patient reported outcomes
- health insurance
- patient reported
- affordable care act