Private practitioners' practices for tuberculosis management in a city largely served by the private health sector in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality having caused 1.6 million deaths in 2021. Uganda is a high TB burden country with a large private sector that serves close to 60% of the urban population. However, private for-profit health facilities' involvement with the National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP) activities remains poor. This study evaluated the practices of diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and associated factors among practitioners in private for-profit (PFP) healthcare facilities in Kampala, Uganda.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study among randomly selected private practitioners in Uganda's largest city, Kampala. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive st

SUBMITTER: Ssemasaazi JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10805318 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature