Linkage to TB care: A qualitative study to understand linkage from the patients’ perspective in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

• Nosivuyile Vanqa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nvanqa@sun.ac.za, nosivuyile@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2774-5622

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• Graeme Hoddinott,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Baxolele Mbenyana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Muhammad Osman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Sue-Ann Meehan

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0826-1833

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