Evidence of TB services at primary healthcare level during COVID-19 : a scoping review

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dc.contributor.author Dlangalala, Thobeka Nomzamo
dc.contributor.author Musekiwa, Alfred
dc.contributor.author Brits, Alecia
dc.contributor.author Maluleke, Kuhlula
dc.contributor.author Jaya, Ziningi Nobuhle
dc.contributor.author Kgarosi, Kabelo
dc.contributor.author Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa
dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-28T09:17:56Z
dc.date.available 2022-07-28T09:17:56Z
dc.date.issued 2021-11-27
dc.description.abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health concern, despite the availability of preventative and curative therapies. Significant progress has been made in the past decade towards its control. However, the emergence of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted numerous essential health services, including those for TB. This scoping review maps the available evidence on TB services at the primary healthcare (PHC) level during the COVID-19 period. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed,Web of Science, Medline OVID, Medline EBSCO, and Scopus. A total of 820 articles were retrieved from the databases and 21 met the eligibility criteria and were used for data extraction. The emerging themes were the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services, patient and provider experiences, recommendations for TB services during the COVID-19 period, and the implementation of the recommendations. The review found that the mitigation strategies, as well as fear and stigma experienced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to TB cases potentially going undetected, which may threaten TB treatment outcomes. Therefore, efforts must be directed at finding these missing cases and ensuring that PHC facilities are equipped to adequately diagnose and treat them. en_US
dc.description.department School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) en_US
dc.description.librarian am2022 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This presentation/publication has been made possible by funding from UNICEF and with support from Future Africa, the University of Pretoria. en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diagnostics en_US
dc.identifier.citation Dlangalala, T.; Musekiwa, A.; Brits, A.; Maluleke, K.; Jaya, Z.N.; Kgarosi, K.; Mashamba-Thompson, T. Evidence of TB Services at Primary Healthcare Level during COVID-19: A Scoping Review. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 2221. https://DOI.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122221. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2075-4418 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.3390/ diagnostics11122221
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86538
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher MDPI en_US
dc.rights © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. en_US
dc.subject Health services en_US
dc.subject Primary healthcare en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 pandemic en_US
dc.subject Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) en_US
dc.subject Tuberculosis (TB) en_US
dc.subject Primary healthcare (PHC) en_US
dc.title Evidence of TB services at primary healthcare level during COVID-19 : a scoping review en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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