{"id":2283,"date":"2022-02-24T03:50:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T03:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/kenya\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2022-02-24T03:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T03:50:19","slug":"chread-engagement-at-the-east-african-health-scientific-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/kenya\/chread-engagement-at-the-east-african-health-scientific-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"CHReaD Engagement at the East African Health Scientific Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">In November 2021, we held a scientific conference to present an abstract on Facility-based directly observed therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis during COVID-19: a community perspective. The oral abstract presented by Rahab Mwaniki Campaigns Manager, KANCO, highlighted quantitative and qualitative findings from a global community-based survey on the challenges of administering facility-based DOT during the pandemic as well as potential alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Facility-based DOT has been the standard for treating people with TB since the early 1990s. As the commitment to promote a people-centered model of care for TB grows, the use of facility-based DOT has been questioned as issues of freedom, privacy, and human rights have been raised. The disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown measures have fast-tracked the need to find alternative methods to treat people with TB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">The research found that decreased access to transportation, the fear of COVID-19, stigmatization due to overlapping symptoms, and punitive measures against quarantine violations have made it difficult for persons with tuberculosis (TB) to receive treatment at facilities, particularly in low-resource settings. Potential replacements included greater focus on community-based DOT, home delivery of treatment, multi-month dispensing, and video DOT strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2021, we held a scientific conference to present an abstract on Facility-based directly observed therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis during COVID-19: a community perspective. 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