Knowledge and Practices toward Tuberculosis Case Identification among Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets Dispensers in Magu District, Northwestern Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets dispensers (ADDO dispensers) have a crucial role in detecting and referring TB suspects. However, several studies highlight low knowledge of TB among ADDO dispensers. To facilitate this, the National TB and Leprosy Control Program trained ADDO dispensers on case identification and referral. Hence, this was a community-based cross-sectional study to determine the knowledge and practice of ADDO dispensers in the detection of active tuberculosis suspects in Magu Districts, Mwanza, Tanzania. This was a cross-sectional study that included 133 systematically selected ADDO dispensers. Out of 133 ADDO dispensers, 88 (66.9%) had attended TB training. About 108 (81%) participants had good knowledge of TB. The majority of ADDO dispensers 104 (78.4%) had poor practic

SUBMITTER: Mwesiga L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10815611 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature