Collaborators:
Name |
Country |
Institution
|
Dr. Sylvie Kwedi Nolna |
Cameroon |
University of Yaoundé I |
Objectives:
to determine the effect of a structured integration scheme of IHPs into the NTCP practices on TB case detection of three cities: Douala, Ebolowa and Bafoussam and to provide evidence of cases missed by the NTCP in the populous neighborhood of these cities while asessing TB-HIV co-infected patients’ health-seeking behavior
Sites:
Informal Healthcare providers in Douala, Ebolowa and Bafoussam
Study Design:
Community-based study
Subjects:
Informal Health care providers
Outcomes:
1. Determine if the number of TB suspects referred and handled by the applicable Basic Management and Treatment Units (BMU) increases after a formal training of IHP in their vicinities in 12 months observation period in the 3 cities
2. Determine the prevalence of TB and TB-HIV in patients visiting the IHPs
3. Determine socioeconomic, psychological, and sociocultural factors that can potentially influence therapeutic compliance for TB/HIV co-infected patients in the study population.