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Improving outcomes for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Peruvian Amazon – a qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4429-y

Published Online: 2019-08-22

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

McNally, Thomas W. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-5708
de Wildt, Gilles

Meza, Graciela

Wiskin, Connie M. D.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Wolfson Foundation
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Article History

Received: 27 September 2018

Accepted: 13 August 2019

First Online: 22 August 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethics approval was obtained locally from the Population Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Committee at the University of Birmingham (IREC2017/1317774) and from the Institutional Research Ethics Committee at the Department of Health Loreto (035–2018-GRL-DRSL/30.09-INVESIGCION). The ethics issues raised by this study were identified in accordance with the Health Research Authority’s protocol guidance []. Potential participants were provided with information regarding the study, given the opportunity to ask questions, and time to consider participation. Written informed consent was taken from all participants, witnessed by the translator. All data was handled confidentially.

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: The authors declare there they have no competing interests.

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