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Patient attitudes towards community-based tuberculosis DOT and adherence to treatment in an urban setting; Kampala, Uganda

INTRODUCTION: High Tuberculosis treatment default rate (17%) and sub-optimal treatment completion rates (45%) has burdened Kampala. Nevertheless, there are observable increase in the number of patients on TB DOT; from 6% to 29% in two consecutive annual reports. The main objective was to determine t...

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Autores principales: Hassard, Sempeera, Ronald, Anguzu, Angella, Kawooya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5511727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28748003
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.1.11119