Tuberculosis service delivery challenges and their mitigations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe challenges posed by COVID-19 on tuberculosis (TB) commodity supply, care cascade, active case finding and responses taken by healthcare workers (HCWs) and community health workers (CHWs) during the first year of the pandemic (March 2020 to February 2021).

Design

A qualitative descriptive study involving 25 in-depth interviews and 10 focus group discussions conducted in July 2022.

Setting

37 TB treatment facilities were purposively selected from seven regions due to high TB case notifications in 2019 and their provision of TB and COVID-19 services during the first year of the pandemic (March 2020 to February 2021).

Participants

Purposive selection of 58 HCWs and 55 CHWs who provided TB services in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SUBMITTER: Pamba D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997816 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature