Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted TB diagnostic services in high TB burden settings. This has caused cases to go undetected and increased the number of TB deaths in 2020. Renewed efforts to improve the resilience of TB services during pandemics are required. Therefore, the current study aims to propose a novel approach for conducting TB diagnostic services in high burden settings during the pandemic.
Methods/design: The proposed study will be conducted in three phases. During the first phase, a geospatial analysis to assess the geographic accessibility of TB diagnostic services will be conducted. In the second phase, the effect of COVID-19 on TB diagnostic services will be determined using an interrupted time series analysis. During the third phase, the barriers and enablers of TB diagnostic services will be explored using patient interviews and a vertical audit. The fourth phase of the study will be guided by the outcomes of the previous three phases where a nominal group technique with key stakeholders will be conducted to propose a novel means for conducting TB diagnostic services during the pandemic. The data of the study will be analyzed using the latest version of ArcGIS, Stata software.
Discussion: The study has received full ethical approval from ethics committees. The results together with input from relevant TB stakeholders will be used to develop a new approach to conducting TB diagnostic services at Primary healthcare clinics.
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