Assessment of national tuberculosis and HIV collaborative program implementation status in health care settings of Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethiopia has adopted the World Health Organization recommendation for TB and HIV collaborative activities since 2004. These collaborative activities have been scaled up in a phased manner and covered large number of health facilities across the nation. However, there is scarcity of information on implementation of these collaborative activities in Ethiopia.

Objective

To assess the status of implementation of TB and HIV collaborative activities in health facility settings of Ethiopia.

Methods

A cross sectional study mainly quantitative supplemented by qualitative methods was undertaken from May 10 to July 10, 2014 in 132 selected health facilities. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 20.

Result

About 81% of the respondents in the sel

SUBMITTER: Belete W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6748620 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature