TBPPM Webinar 24-3 | Rural TB care: Engaging Private Providers

Poverty, geographic terrain and distances, and limited access to healthcare are key underlying barriers for people with TB living in rural areas to obtain timely diagnosis and treatment, also for Tuberculosis (TB) related symptoms. These structural barriers combined with socio-economic determinants such as undernutrition results in a higher risk of TB mortality and loss to follow-up among rural TB patients. Rural populations have a more complicated pathway to care and generally have less knowledge about TB and show increased fear and stigma around diseases. Closer to their homes and in line with their beliefs, they often seek care at informal and traditional healthcare providers.
Multiple strategies and recommendations can be outlined to overcome these barriers faced by rural dwellers. Engagement of rural healthcare providers, who are the first point of contact for majority of patients in rural areas, show effective outcomes in TB care and prevention. Yet, adaptation to bringing TB care closer to rural population groups will also need to consider creative solutions for supply chain management, education and other structural challenges.
In this webinar we focus on the engagement of private providers in rural setting and hear from different speakers on their programs, key challenges and how they overcome those.
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