Barriers to initiating tuberculosis treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review focused on children and youth

Brittney van de Water; B Emily Esmaili; Coleen K Cunningham

doi:10.1080/16549716.2017.1290317

Barriers to initiating tuberculosis treatment in sub-Saharan Africa

A systematic review focused on children and youth

Dados Bibliográficos

ID	19529833
Autores	Brittney van de Water (0000-0002-0476-6295), B Emily Esmaili, Coleen K Cunningham (0000-0002-7725-3052)
Ano	2017
Volume	10
Fascículo	1
Data de publicação	2017-01-01
Peer Reviewed	Sim
Open Access	Sim
Tipo	ARTICLE
Periódico	Global Health Action (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódico	ISSN: 1654-9716 • E-ISSN: 1654-9880
Editora	Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI	10.1080/16549716.2017.1290317
Idioma	EN
Citações recebidas	20
Referências citadas	49

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Obras citantes distintas	20
Citações por ano	2,86
Intervalo de citações	2019 - 2026 (8)
Velocidade de citação	current
Altamente citado	Não
Tipos de citação	Neutras: 18

Barriers to initiating tuberculosis treatment in sub-Saharan Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

Frontline healthcare worker barriers impacting tuberculosis service demand and access in high burden settings

Delays in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in India

Global excess tuberculosis mortality during Covid-19

Treatment outcomes among children, adolescents, and adults on treatment for tuberculosis in two metropolitan municipalities in Gauteng Province, South Africa

Barriers and Facilitators to Timely Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan

Outcomes of empiric treatment for pediatric tuberculosis, Kampala, Uganda, 2010–2015

Decentralization Matters

Global burden and trend of tuberculosis in children and adolescents (under 15 years old) from 1990 to 2021, with projections to 2040

Factors influencing diagnosis and treatment initiation for multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in six sub-Saharan African countries

Preferences for tongue swab-based versus sputum-based testing in the context of TB care

Implementation, interrupted

Roadblocks and resilience

Settings, characteristics, and experiences of stigma among people with tuberculosis in Kenya

A cluster-randomized trial of household vs incentive-based tuberculosis contact investigation in rural South Africa

Healthcare seeking behavior and delays in case of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh

Care pathways of individuals with tuberculosis before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Bandung, Indonesia

Improving TB detection among children in routine clinical care through intensified case finding in facility-based child health entry points and decentralized management

Uncertainty in tuberculosis clinical decision-making

Age- and sex-specific care cascades to detect gaps in the care of children with tuberculosis in Bangladesh

Tuberculosis treatment loss to follow-up in children exposed at home

Global burden of disease in young people aged 10–24 years

A systematic review of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

Health of the world's adolescents

Equity and health sector reforms

Transaction costs of access to health care

Health care seeking among pulmonary tuberculosis suspects and patients in rural Ethiopia

Assessing access barriers to tuberculosis care with the Tool to Estimate Patients' Costs

Pulmonary tuberculosis diagnostic delays in Chad