Reducing Initial Loss to Follow-up Among People With Bacteriologically Confirmed Tuberculosis: LINKEDin, a Quasi-experimental Study in South Africa.

Autor: Meehan SA; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Hesseling AC; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Boulle A; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Health and Wellness, Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Chetty J; Interactive Research and Development South Africa (IRD SA), Sandton, Johannesburg., Connell L; Right to Care South Africa, Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa., Dlamini-Miti NJ; Right to Care South Africa, Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa., Dunbar R; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Du Preez K; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., George G; Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.; Division of Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Lund, Sweden., Hoddinott G; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Jennings K; City of Cape Town Health Department, Cape Town, South Africa., Marx FM; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.; Division of Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.; DSI-NRF South African Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Mudaly V; Department of Health and Wellness, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Naidoo P; Bill and Melinda gates Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa., Ndlovu N; Right to Care South Africa, Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa., Ngozo J; Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Health and Wellness, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa., Smith M; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Health and Wellness, Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Strauss M; Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa., Tanna G; Bill and Melinda gates Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa., Vanqa N; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., von Delft A; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Health and Wellness, Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Osman M; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.; School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London, UK.

Publikováno v: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2023 Dec 18; Vol. 11 (1), pp. ofad648. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 18 (Print Publication: 2024).