Treatment completion of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A perspective from healthcare users.

ABSTRACT: Drug-resistant tuberculosis remains a persistent public health threat. Maximizing successful treatment completion is a global health priority and a focus of the End TB strategy. Despite the implementation of programmatic management for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia, there is limited understanding of the barriers related to successful treatment completion among Ethiopian patients. A qualitative study that is explorative, descriptive and contextual in nature was conducted to explore and describe the views and lived experiences of previously treated drug-resistant tuberculosis patients to gain an in-depth understanding of barriers to the successful completion of drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment. Six focus group discussion sessions with 42 purposively selected drug-resistant tub

SUBMITTER: Tusho AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11805356 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature