Factors affecting implementation of tuberculosis contact investigation and tuberculosis preventive therapy among children in Sabah, East Malaysia: A qualitative study

• Main Authors: Michelle May D. Goroh, Christel H. A. Van Den Boogaard, Khamisah Awang Lukman, Christopher Lowbridge, Wong Ke Juin, Timothy William, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Anna P. Ralph
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Plos One 2023
• Subjects: RC306-320.5 Tuberculosis; RC31-1245 Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36748/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36748/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36748/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285534
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Contact investigation and TB preventive treatment of children under five years of age who are close contacts of a TB case is a key component of TB prevention. However, the uptake of TB preventive treatment is low in many high-TB burden settings. This study explores factors affecting the implementati...