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- Determine if other circumstances (such as other illness or family situations) are preventing the patient from reporting for treatment and work to resolve these circumstances.
- Talk to the patient’s family and request that they provide assistance and encouragement to the patient.
- Reiterate importance of completing treatment to both the patient and family members.
- Report a patient who is lost to follow up to the TB Control Programme. If a patient is also on CPT, ART, or other treatments related to HIV or another illness, you may want to ask if this treatment was also missed. If so, encourage the patient to resume treatment and/or inform someone familiar with the patient’s other care.
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