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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis services.
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- Tuberculosis services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study on the impact of COVID-19 and practices for continued services delivery in Eswatini.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Preventive Services and Their Post-Pandemic Recovery Strategies: A Rapid Review of Literature.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Review
- The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pulmonary Tuberculosis Control in the Selected Upazila Health Complexes of Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn Portugal, Outpatient Tuberculosis Centres (OTBC) are responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, screening and prevention of tuberculosis (TB), and only severe or resistant cases are hospitalized.
aimTo understand how infection control norms and standards were applied and how these centres responded during the pandemic.
methodWe sent an electronic questionnaire to all coordinators of OTBC. The questionnaire included questions on infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic and evaluation of the functioning of the OTBC in two periods: during the 1
resultsThirty-two responses were obtained (52.5%). The infection control norms were globally applied; diagnosis, treatment, and prevention were kept, and contact screening was only affected during the 1
conclusionThe pandemic affected OTBC functioning, although the services were kept open; diagnostic delay and DOT appliance were the most affected.
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