• Title Standardized patients: An approach to understanding the realities of South Africa’s TB care cascade
  • Granting Agency Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Period 9 August 2017 – 31 December 2020
  • Amount $652,488 USD

This project is focused on measuring the quality of TB and TB-HIV care in the private sector in two provinces in South Africa using standardized (mystery) patients.

Publications

Salomon, Angela; Boffa, Jody; Moyo, Sizulu; Chikovore, Jeremiah; Sulis, Giorgia; Daniels, Benjamin; Kwan, Ada; Mkhombo, Tsatsawani; Wu, Sarah; Pai, Madhukar; Daftary, Amrita

Prescribing practices for presumptive TB among private general practitioners in South Africa: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study (Journal Article)

In: BMJ Global Health, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. e007456, 2022.

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Boffa, Jody; Moyo, Sizulu; Chikovore, Jeremiah; Salomon, Angela; Daniels, Benjamin; Kwan, Ada T; Pai, Madhukar; Daftary, Amrita

Quality of care for tuberculosis and HIV in the private health sector: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study in South Africa (Journal Article)

In: BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. e005250, 2021.

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Chikovore, Jeremiah; Pai, Madhukar; Horton, Katherine Chisholm; Daftary, Amrita; Kumwenda, Moses Kelly; Hart, Graham; Corbett, Elizabeth Lucy

Missing men with tuberculosis: the need to address structural influences and implement targeted and multidimensional interventions (Journal Article)

In: BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. e002255, 2020.

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Boffa, Jody; Mhlaba, Tsholofelo; Sulis, Giorgia; Moyo, Sizulu; Sifumba, Zolelwa; Pai, Madhukar; Daftary, Amrita

COVID-19 and tuberculosis in South Africa: A dangerous combination (Journal Article)

In: South African Medical Journal, vol. 110, no. 5, 2020.

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Boffa, J; Moyo, S; Chikovore, J; Salomon, A; Jooste, S; Mkhombo, T; Pai, M; Daftary, A

Why we need to evaluate the quality of tuberculosis care in South Africa's private health sector (Journal Article)

In: South African Medical Journal, vol. 109, no. 11, pp. 817–818, 2019.

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