Outcomes and implementation challenges of using daily treatment regimens with an innovative adherence support tool among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients in Karnataka, India: a mixed-methods study

Thekkur, Pruthu; Kumar, Ajay; Chinnakali, Palanivel; Selvaraju, Sriram; Bairy, Ramachandra; Ranjan Singh, Akash; Nirgude, Abhay; Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi; Venugopal, Vinayagamoorthy; Shastri, Suresh

doi:10.1080/16549716.2019.1568826

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Outcomes and implementation challenges of using daily treatment regimens with an innovative adherence support tool among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients in Karnataka, India: a mixed-methods study

Published in Global Health Action • Jan 1, 2019

Authors:

Pruthu Thekkur

Ajay Kumar

Palanivel Chinnakali

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In India, a new care package consisting of (i) daily regimen with fixed-dose combination drugs, collected once-a-month and self-administered by the patient, (ii) 'one stop service' at antiretroviral treatment (ART) centre for both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) treatment and (iii) technology-...

Subject

Tuberculosis

Medicine

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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