Abstract
Background: In 1993, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Tuberculosis (TB) a “global public health emergency”. South Africa (SA) was globally ranked as number six with regard to TB incidents. Consequently, the WHO put global strategies in place to stop TB from 2006, with the goal of reducing the TB burden by 2015. This was followed by the End TB strategy, which was adopted in 2014, with the target being 2030. From the End TB strategy, the TB 90-90-90 strategy was set as the measurement target to assess progress. To achieve the global strategy goals of reducing TB, the South African National Department of Health (NDoH) put measures in place by implementing the national TB management guidelines, in line with the End TB strategies. However, in 2017, the PHC facility managers who are responsible for implementing the national TB management guidelines in the Ekurhuleni northern region’s PHC facilities, did not reach the TB 90-90- 90 targets. The purpose of this paper is to present the experiences of these PHC facility managers regarding the implementation of the national TB management guidelines in the Ekurhuleni northern region...
M.Cur. (Nursing Management)