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Barriers That Interfere with Access to Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment across Countries Globally: A Systematic Review.
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- Host Plasma Protein Biomarkers for Tuberculosis Disease Screening in Febrile Adults in Tanzania.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Evaluating tuberculosis service accessibility in Pakistan by analyzing population movement patterns from telecom mobility and survey data.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
- Frontline healthcare worker barriers impacting tuberculosis service demand and access in high burden settings: a scoping review.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With Tuberculosis Treatment Failure Among Hill Tribe and Stateless People in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand: A Case-Control Study.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2026Article
- The Impact of Directly Observed Therapy on Successful Tuberculosis Treatment: A Statistical Analysis of National Notifications Data.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Preparing for Tuberculosis Vaccine M72/AS01Infectious diseases and therapy · 2026Article
- Access barriers to in vitro diagnostics in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and the Philippines: programmatic lessons from NEDL field missions.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Optimizing Quality of Care for Elderly Tuberculosis Patients in Shanghai, China: Insights from Patient Cascade of Care and Patient Pathway Analysis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on Innovative Approaches in Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Challenges and Future Directions.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2026Review
- Beyond metrics: relational dynamics and impacts of TB community funding.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Operationalization of rapid molecular test coverage for tuberculosis in different international contexts: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
- Scaling Up Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment in the Brazilian Amazon (2016-2024): a Programmatic Report on Multi-sector Integration in Surveillance, Health Services and Academia.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2026Article
- Comparative cost analysis of community-based tuberculosis screening: Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) alone versus CAD with point-of-care C-reactive protein testing in South Africa and Lesotho.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Latent tuberculosis infection in focus: Evaluating public concerns, treatment perceptions, and awareness in King Sabatha Dalindyebo Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Tuberculosis: An Ongoing Global Threat.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Tuberculosis preventive treatment completion in indigenous vs. non-indigenous populations in the Brazilian Amazon: a retrospective cohort study (2019-2023).BMC public health · 2025Article
- Identifying pathways to achieve diverse objectives of the National Essential Diagnostics List: developing an assessment framework based on field studies in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and the Philippines.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Review of Genital Tuberculosis: Epidemiological Patterns, Causal Agents, Diagnostic Strategies, Symptomatology and Fertility Consequences.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Review
- Improving TB care services among coal mine workers and their associated communities in Pakistan.Public health action · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to tuberculosis service access for patients in Bajhang, Nepal: a qualitative study based on focus groups with patients, screening camp visitors, community volunteers and medical doctors.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study evaluated the barriers that interfere with access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) from the perspective of the patient and health professionals globally. Using the PICo acronym, the question we asked was "What are the barriers that interfere with access to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment (I) from the perspective of patients and/or health professionals (P) across countries globally (Co)?". We searched the following databases: EMBASE, Scopus, MEDLINE, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), and Web of Science. On Rayyan, duplicates were removed and extraction was done afterward by two authors independently, followed by a tiebreaker. Using a Critical Appraisal Tool proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute, the methodological quality of the article was assessed. From 36 published articles, the barriers to tuberculosis diagnosis as obtained from our study include information scarcity/low TB knowledge, exorbitant cost of transport, sample collection challenges, long distance to health facility, gender limitations, lack of decentralized diagnostic services, payment for diagnosis and testing, medication side effects, multiple visits during therapy, delayed diagnosis, poor human resources, low knowledge of medical practitioners, concerns regarding the efficacy of treatment, poor facility coordination, poor socioeconomic factors, fear and stigmatization of TB, and wrong initial diagnosis. The review of studies on TB diagnosis and treatment barriers evidences the diverse barriers to the eradication of tuberculosis. Eliminating these barriers is an onus that lies on policy makers, citizens, and health workers alike, with the joint aim of reducing the global TB burden.
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