Stakeholder perspectives around post-TB wellbeing and care in Kenya and Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing awareness of the burden of post-TB morbidity, and its impact on the lives and livelihoods of TB affected households. However little work has been done to determine how post-TB care might be delivered in a feasible and sustainable way, within existing National TB Programmes (NTPs) and health systems, in low-resource, high TB-burden settings. In this programme of stakeholder engagement around post-TB care, we identified actors with influence and interest in TB care in Kenya and Malawi, including TB-survivors, healthcare providers, policy-makers, researchers and funders, and explored their perspectives on post-TB morbidity and care.

Methods

Stakeholder mapping was completed to identify actors with interest and influence in TB care services in each co

SUBMITTER: Karanja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022351 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature