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Reasons for stopping and restarting tuberculosis treatment in Libreville (Gabon) |
Cahiers d'études et de recherches francophones / Santé . Volume 20, Number 1, 31-4, janvier-février-mars 2010, Étude originale
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Author(s) : Médard Toung Mvé, Ulrich Bisvigou, Ndeye Coura Diop Barry, Clément Ella Ondo, Dieudonné Nkoghe |
Summary : Tuberculosis is an important public health problem in Gabon, and the DOTS strategy recommended by the World Health Organisation has not been successfully applied. In 2006, 45% of patients abandoned treatment during the first phase. A pilot cross-sectional study was thus conducted from September 1 to November 30, 2006, at the Nkembo Tuberculosis Centre in Libreville, Gabon. Thirty patients with positive microscopy results who returned after having interrupted treatment completed a standardised questionnaire. They were mainly young men: their mean age was 33 years old and the male/female ratio was 2.7. Reasons for having abandoned treatment were a lack of money topay for it (43%) and an impression that they had been cured (23%). The motivations for resuming treatment were the return of symptoms (73%). The risk of drug resistancerequires that the Gabonese government play a greater role in the fight against tuberculosis. |
Keywords : Gabon, pulmonary tuberculosis, treatment |
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