Effect of SMS Reminders, Telephone Calls, and Transport Incentives on Enhancing the Completion of Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Initiation of Treatment for Diagnosed Patients: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Rebecca Nuwematsiko   ^{1 *} , BS, MPH ;   Noah Kiwanuka   ^{2 *} , MBChB, MPH, PhD ;   Lynn Atuyambe   ^{3 *} , BA, MPH, PhD ;   Irene Wobusobozi   ^{1 *} , BS, MPH ;   Vicent Kasiita   ^{4 *} , BA, MA ;   Samuel Kagongwe   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Ronald Ssenyonga   ^{2, 5 *} , MSc, PhD ;   Joan Nakayaga Kalyango   ^{6 *} , MBChB, MSci, PhD ;   Victoria Nankabirwa   ^{2 *} , MBChB, MPH, PhD ;   Esther Buregyeya   ^{1 *} , MBChB, MPhil, PhD

¹ Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

³ Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

⁴ Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

⁵ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Muni University, Arua, Uganda

⁶ Clinical Epidemiology Unit, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

*all authors contributed equally