Treatment initiation among tuberculosis patients: the role of short message service (SMS) technology and Ward-based outreach teams (WBOTs)

BACKGROUND: In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB) is a public health problem with treatment initiation failure rates varying between 14.9 and 25%. Lack of proper provider/patient communication on next steps after testing, not being aware that results are ready; and other competing priorities are some o...

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Autores principales: Mwansa-Kambafwile, Judith R. M., Chasela, Charles, Levin, Jonathan, Ismail, Nazir, Menezes, Colin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35168581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12736-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35168581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12736-6

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