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A qualitative exploration into the presence of TB stigmatization across three districts in South Africa

2023; BioMed Central; Volume: 23; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12889-023-15407-2

1471-2458

Daniel DeSanto, Kavindhran Velen, Richard Lessells, Sewele Makgopa, Dumile Gumede, Katherine Fielding, Alison D. Grant, Salome Charalambous, Candice M. Chetty-Makkan,

Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Tuberculosis (TB) stigma is a barrier to active case finding and delivery of care in fighting the TB epidemic. As part of a project exploring different models for delivery of TB contact tracing, we conducted a qualitative analysis to explore the presence of TB stigma within communities across South Africa.