Management of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in an urban setting in Zambia: a patient's perspective

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Zambia continues to grapple with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden despite a long running DirectlyObserved Treatment Short course programme. Understanding issues that affect patient adherence to treatmentprogramme is an important component in implementation of a successful TB control programme. We set out toinvestigate pulmonary TB patient’s attitudes to seek health care, assess the care received from government healthcare centres based on TB patients’ reports, and to seek associations with patient adherence to TB treatmentprogramme.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 105 respondents who had been registered as pulmonary TB patients(new and retreatment cases) in Ndola District between January 2006 and...
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Management of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in an urban setting in Zambia: a patient’s perspective