Table 2 Characteristics of interviewed participants

Health care workers

Facility Managers

5

Provincial managers

1

TB district managers

1

Community Caregivers

2

Doctors

3

Professional Nurses

3

Traditional Healer

1

Non-Governmental Organisations

Desmond Tutu TB centre researchers

1

TB Proof members

2

Patients Diagnosed with TB

Gender

Male

13

Female

7

Time on treatment

More than 1 month, duration uncertain

2

Less than 2 months

9

2–8 months

6

Post treatment

3

Type of treatment

Retreatment

3

First treatment

17

Place of diagnosis

Hospital

11

Clinic

5

General Practitioner

4

Type of TB

MDR-TB

6

Drug sensitive TB

14

Patients with Presumptive TB

Male

5

Female

4