Meera Gurumurthy

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Gurumurthy M, Gopalan N, Patel L, Davis A, Srinivasalu VA, Rajaram S, et al. (2025) Treatment outcomes in people with diabetes and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) enrolled in the STREAM clinical trial. PLOS Glob Public Health 5(4): e0004259.

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Subtheme 3.1: although ostensibly free, accessing TB services costs time and money Studies in this synthesis reported that people needed multiple resources in order to access treatment, even though treatment itself is offered for free in the public sector health systems of all of the countries in which these studies were set. A person’s livelihood, social setup and associated constraints have already been discussed as critical factors that influenced continuation of treatment under theme 1.