Estimating the epidemiological and economic impact of providing nutritional care for tuberculosis-affected households across India: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 20% of global tuberculosis incidence is attributable to undernutrition, increasing to more than a third in India. Targeting nutritional interventions to tuberculosis-affected households is a policy priority, but understanding of epidemiological and economic impacts is limited. We aimed to estimate the population-level epidemiological and economic effect of such an intervention.

Methods

We used a previously published, age-stratified, compartmental transmission model of tuberculosis in India, and incorporated explicit BMI strata linked to disease progression and treatment outcomes. We used results from a recent trial of an intervention in which nutritional support in the form of food baskets was provided to people initiating tuberculosis treatment and

SUBMITTER: McQuaid CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865009 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature