Strengthening comprehensive tuberculosis care in Angola: a scoping review of strategies, challenges, and potentialities in a high-burden setting
Public Health Reviews·
- DOI
- 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609466
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- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The synthesis identifies priority interventions such as guideline updates and workforce training that address documented operational gaps. Enhancing these areas may improve overall disease management capacity within the region.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
Identifies implemented tuberculosis surveillance and care measures in Angola while evaluating facilitators and barriers to their execution.
Study design
A systematic scoping review conducted according to Joanna Briggs Institute and PRISMA-ScR frameworks.
Population and setting
Aggregated data from thirteen publications covering both pediatric and adult cohorts throughout Angola.
Main findings
Childhood immunization efforts reached roughly ninety percent coverage in young patients. Clinical examination, radiography, and molecular microscopy formed the diagnostic backbone. Supply chain deficits and incomplete case documentation emerged as pervasive obstacles across all reviewed literature.
Public-health relevance
The synthesis identifies priority interventions such as guideline updates and workforce training that address documented operational gaps. Enhancing these areas may improve overall disease management capacity within the region.
Important limitations
As a scoping review, the analysis compiles existing literature without conducting original empirical investigations. The methodology does not incorporate statistical pooling or standardized quality appraisal of the included reports.
GIDS interpretation
This publication organizes previously documented tuberculosis interventions and administrative barriers within a specific national context. It provides background information on historical programmatic efforts without suggesting engagement with real-time monitoring networks.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 11 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.