Provision of Decentralized TB Care Services: A Detect-Treat-Prevent Strategy for Children and Adolescents Affected by TB

Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Anja Reuter, Marco A Tovar, Hamidah Hussain, Aime Loando Mboyo, Anne K Detjen, Courtney M Yuen, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Anja Reuter, Marco A Tovar, Hamidah Hussain, Aime Loando Mboyo, Anne K Detjen, Courtney M Yuen

Abstract

In this review, we discuss considerations and successful models for providing decentralized diagnosis, treatment, and prevention services for children and adolescents. Key approaches to building decentralized capacity for childhood TB diagnosis in primary care facilities include provider training and increased access to child-focused diagnostic tools and techniques. Treatment of TB disease should be managed close to where patients live; pediatric formulations of both first- and second-line drugs should be widely available; and any hospitalization should be for as brief a period as medically indicated. TB preventive treatment for child and adolescent contacts must be greatly expanded, which will require home visits to identify contacts, building capacity to rule out TB, and adoption of shorter preventive regimens. Decentralization of TB services should involve the private sector, with collaborations outside the TB program in order to reach children and adolescents where they first enter the health care system. The impact of decentralization will be maximized if programs are family-centered and designed around responding to the needs of children and adolescents affected by TB, as well as their families.

Keywords: adolescents; children; decentralization; patient-centered care; primary health care; tuberculosis.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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