2024
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3854607/v1
|View full text |Cite
Preprint
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Community and health systems factors contributing to delayed tuberculosis detection in an urban setting: situating software and hardware bottlenecks in local health systems

Sandra Beauty Chillala,
Adam Silumbwe,
Joseph Mumba Zulu
et al.

Abstract: Background Despite several global interventions, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death affecting millions of people globally. Many TB patients either have no access to quality care or go undetected by national health systems. Several multilevel factors account for under-detection of TB cases. This study sought to explore community and health systems software and hardware factors contributing to delayed TB detection in Lusaka District, Zambia. Methods This was an exploratory qualitative case stud… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

0
0
0

Publication Types

Select...

Relationship

0
0

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 0 publications
references
References 29 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance

No citations

Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?