Improving treatment outcomes for leprosy in Pernambuco, Brazil: a qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of retreatment patients and their carers

BACKGROUND: Brazil has a high leprosy burden and poor treatment outcomes (TOs), manifesting in high relapse rates. Pernambuco, an impoverished Brazilian state suffering notable geographical health inequalities, has ‘hyperendemic’ leprosy. Although current literature identifies barriers and facilitat...

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Autores principales: Khanna, Divya, de Wildt, Gilles, de Souza Duarte Filho, Luiz Antonio Miranda, Bajaj, Mitali, Lai, Jo Freda, Gardiner, Esme, de Araújo Fonseca, Andrea Maia Fernandes, Lindenmeyer, Antje, Rosa, Patrícia Sammarco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7980336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33740912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05980-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7980336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33740912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05980-5

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