Shows money offers and consultation assistance to fight tuberculosis

Tuberculosis patients who receive cash benefits and consultation have a lesser risk of 52% of the failure of failed treatment.

This was revealed in a magnificent study conducted by the University of Wits, a National Infectious Disease Institute (NICT).

The study published last week Lanset Infection Diseases JThe Nurnal was led by Professor Nasir Ismail from the University of Wits, and the head of the former NICT Tuberculosis Center.

The findings of the study are important because economic and behavioral factors can lead to adverse effects on patients with tuberculosis. South Africa is one of the highest burdens of tuberculosis worldwide, and one out of five has not been registered that the treatment began in 2023.

“Tuberculosis pre -test and post -test consultation with conditional cash transactions significantly reduces the risk of failure of the patient, upgrading the risk of the patient, upgrading the rate of 66.9% to 82.0%, which can reach one out of 90-90-90 targets,” the authors said. “. 90 -90 – 90 target 90% of tuberculosis treatment indicates success.

It is expected to follow the loss of pre -treatment, which is expected to reduce the social dissemination of tuberculosis, leading to lower casualties over time, which is an important objective Tuberculous. The loss of follow -up refers to people who are diagnosed with tuberculosis, they do not start treatment or stop treatment during maintenance.

A random control test conducted across nine clinics in Johannesburg evaluated the effects of the patient -centered intervention, followed by the treatment of pre -test and post -test tuberculosis consultation and connecting the consequences with financial benefits. The random test was done from October 2018 to March 2020.

The R150’s cash transactions participated in their meetings on their meetings on the intervention committee, including their results, including their results, and the onset of treatment and the beginning of treatment and the monthly follow -up visibility. Other group of participants The study (control panel) does not provide cash incentive.

The primary epithelium is a successful patient’s effect (patients who have been curable or treatment) or the effect of a failure of the patient (loss of pre-treatment, treatment-treatment, loss of treatment, the development of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis, the treatment of treatment, the treatment of treatment).

Dr. Shaheed Wali Omar, the head of the tuberculosis center at the NICT, said that the researchers praised the researchers, and that the incentives against tuberculosis were important in the fight against tuberculosis.

“The findings of this study strengthen the urgent need for the patient -centered approaches, which relieve medical and socioeconomic obstacles for care.”

These feelings were echoed by NICT Managing Director Prof. Adrian Purun, who said that efforts to manage tuberculosis in South Africa have intensified.

“It is an important concept to combine the results of the study to ensure the success of these initiatives,” Poran said.

In the main inventions, tuberculosis patients who have received consultation and conditional cash transactions are significantly more significantly to complete treatment (82.0% VS 65.6% in the Control Group).

Another important discovery is that the intervention has a significant reduction in the risk of the failure of the intervention, which does not begin the treatment, the treatment is not completed, the treatment, the failure of the drug, the anti -inflammatory development or the death.

The study found that the loss of pre -treatment for follow -up is reduced from 15.8% to 3.9%, which indicates an advanced involvement in care.

This study is a cooperation between WITS, NICD, South African Human Science Research Council and London University College. That The South African Medical Research Council, UK Medical Research Council and Newton funded.

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