Treatment outcomes and adverse reactions in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis managed by ambulatory or hospitalised care from 2010 – 2011 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan inherited a hospital-based health system from the Soviet Union
Abstract
The authors conducted semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants of the TB services, the ministries of health and finance, and their TB control partners. Structural challenges and resource needs were both discussed as obstacles to the expansion of ambulatory TB treatment. Respondents stated need for revising the financing mechanisms of the TB services to incentivize referral to ambulatory TB treatment.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Lola Kalandarova, Mirzagaleb Tillashaikhov, Nargiza Parpieva, Shoiba Saidova, Jamshid Gadoev,Natavan Alikhanova, Rony Zachariah, Davron Mukhtarov,Sarvar Alidjanov, Anthony D Harries (2016) Treatment outcomes and adverse reactions in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis managed by ambulatory or hospitalised care from 2010 – 2011 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.