Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models

The arrival of COVID-19 has disrupted health service provision globally. In this note, the authors discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of tuberculosis (TB) services in Zimbabwe. TB is endemic in the country and disruption of services may potentially have serious consequences...

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Autores principales: Nhari, Leroy Gore, Dzobo, Mathias, Chitungo, Itai, Denhere, Knowledge, Musuka, Godfrey, Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34173583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100058
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Dzobo, Mathias
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description The arrival of COVID-19 has disrupted health service provision globally. In this note, the authors discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of tuberculosis (TB) services in Zimbabwe. TB is endemic in the country and disruption of services may potentially have serious consequences for patients with existing and undiagnosed TB. In this letter, the authors discuss the need for innovative strategies that ensure TB prevention and treatment services in a manner which reduces COVID-19 risk to patients and healthcare workers.
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spelling pubmed-77043532020-12-01 Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models Nhari, Leroy Gore Dzobo, Mathias Chitungo, Itai Denhere, Knowledge Musuka, Godfrey Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa Public Health Pract (Oxf) Letter to the Editor The arrival of COVID-19 has disrupted health service provision globally. In this note, the authors discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of tuberculosis (TB) services in Zimbabwe. TB is endemic in the country and disruption of services may potentially have serious consequences for patients with existing and undiagnosed TB. In this letter, the authors discuss the need for innovative strategies that ensure TB prevention and treatment services in a manner which reduces COVID-19 risk to patients and healthcare workers. Elsevier 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7704353/ /pubmed/34173583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100058 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Letter to the Editor
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Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models
title Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models
title_full Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models
title_fullStr Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models
title_full_unstemmed Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models
title_short Implementing effective TB prevention and treatment programmes in the COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe. A call for innovative differentiated service delivery models
title_sort implementing effective tb prevention and treatment programmes in the covid-19 era in zimbabwe. a call for innovative differentiated service delivery models
topic Letter to the Editor
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100058
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