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. 2020 May 22;15(5):e0233358. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233358

Table 2. Barriers and facilitators of household contact tracing of index tuberculosis cases in Alemo district, Hadiya zone, SNNPR, 2019.

Major themes Categories
Health system-related barriers and facilitators Monitoring and supervision
Training of health workers
Logistic and infrastructure
Waiting time and institutional readiness
Referral, feedback, and linkage of health facility
Human resource
Symptom positive and AFB negative case Charge for Laboratory
Transportation and budget
Health workers related barriers and facilitators Health workers knowledge on index TB case contact tracing
Commitment and motivation health workers
The workload of the health worker
Index cases and Household contacts related barriers and facilitators Awareness of the need for screening household contacts of TB cases
The workload of household contacts
Index case and household contacts commitment and motivation
Socio-economic and cultural related barriers and facilitators Distance
Social support
Economic constraint
Stigma and Discrimination