Drug-resistant tuberculosis care and treatment outcomes over the last 15 years in Ethiopia: Results from a mixed-method review of trends.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a global challenge with about a third of the cases are not detected. With the recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment follow-up of DR-TB, there have been improvements with treatment success rates. However, there is limited evidence on the successful models of care that have consistently registered good outcomes. Our aim was to assess Ethiopia's experience in scaling up an ambulatory, decentralized model of care while managing multiple regimen transition processes and external shocks.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional, mixed-method study. For the quantitative data, we reviewed routine surveillance data for the period 2009-2022 and collected additional data from publicly available reports. We then an

SUBMITTER: Tesema E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11346926 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature