Facilitators and barriers to Tuberculosis case notification among private health facilities in Kampala Capital City, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Private Health Facilities (PHFs), Uganda's main healthcare providers, are indispensable stakeholders in the national tuberculosis (TB) program's efforts to improve TB case notification and combat the epidemic. However, notification rates remain relatively low in PHFs compared to public providers. In this study, we sought to assess facilitators and barriers to TB case notification among private facilities in Kampala Capital City.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study utilizing a mixed-methods approach to assess facilitators and barriers to TB notification in Kampala Capital City between March and July 2022. For the quantitative strand of the study, we interviewed the TB focal persons at 224 PHFs using a structured questionnaire and for the qualitative, we

SUBMITTER: Kembabazi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11658470 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature