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High adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients attending a hospital and slum health centre in Nairobi, Kenya

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dc.contributor Medecins Sans Fronteres
dc.creator Raguenaud, M E
dc.creator Zachariah, R
dc.creator Massaquoi, M
dc.creator Ombeka, V
dc.creator Ritter, H
dc.creator Chakaya, J
dc.date 2008-10-22
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T07:12:40Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T07:12:40Z
dc.identifier Global Public Health, Oct 2008 3(4): 433-439
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10144/39583
dc.identifier http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/handle/10144/39583
dc.identifier Global Public Health
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10144/39583
dc.description To access this article, click on "Additional Links".
dc.description We conducted a study among patients with tuberculosis (TB) attending two health facilities - a hospital and a slum health centre - in Nairobi, in order to: (a) assess adherence to anti-TB treatment; and (b) identify reasons for non-adherence. Urine Isoniazid (INH), used as a proxy for overall adherence, was detected in 142 (97%) (95% CI 92-99) of the 147 patients involved in the study. Five patients had no INH detected in urine and had run out of pills within the previous three days. The reasons included: not having enough pills to last until the next appointment date (1); and losing some pills (1). Anti-TB treatment adherence is high, and is reassuring information as Kenya plans to change to a superior first-line regimen based on rifampicin throughout the course of anti-TB treatment. Providing patients with a three-day "excess stock" of pills would provide a "safety net" for continued treatment.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
dc.relation http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1744-1692&volume=3&issue=4&spage=433
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dc.title High adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients attending a hospital and slum health centre in Nairobi, Kenya


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