Challenges of scaling-up of TB-HIV integrated service delivery in Ghana.

ABSTRACT: Integration of tuberculosis and HIV services in many resource-limited settings, including Ghana, has been far from optimal despite the existence of policy frameworks for integration. A previous study among programme managers and other stakeholders at the national level has documented tardiness in committing to the integration of services. In this paper, we aimed at unravelling pertinent challenges that confront TB-HIV integrated service delivery. Data were obtained from interviews with 31 individual health care providers operating under different models of TB-HIV service delivery. The study is framed around the Complexity Theory. We applied inductive and deductive techniques to code the data and validations were done through inter-rater mechanisms. The analysis was done with the assistance

SUBMITTER: Anku PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7347185 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature