Building on facilitators and overcoming barriers to implement active tuberculosis case-finding in Nepal, experiences of community health workers and people with tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nepal has a high burden of undetected tuberculosis (TB). In line with the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy, the National TB Programme promotes active case-finding (ACF) as one strategy to find people with TB who are unreached by existing health services. The IMPACT TB (Implementing proven community-based active TB case-finding intervention) project was implemented in four districts in Nepal, generating a substantial yield of previously undetected TB. We aimed to identify the facilitators and barriers linked to the implementation of ACF within IMPACT TB, as well as how those facilitators and barriers have been or could be addressed.

Methods

This was an exploratory qualitative study based on 17 semi-structured key-informant interviews with people with TB

SUBMITTER: Biermann O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015737 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature