Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis program performance in Alberta, Canada: a population-based evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions to essential tuberculosis (TB) services globally. We evaluated the performance of the TB program in Alberta, Canada, in 2 periods - before and during the pandemic - to estimate the impact of those disruptions.

Methods

We applied 10 program performance indicators and their related targets and compared them by period. The performance indicators included a measure of decline in the age- and sex-adjusted incidence by population group, the proportion of recently arrived immigrants screened on time, and 5 case management and 3 close contact management indicators. We measured performance targets by time period and clinic type - outpatient versus virtual. We used interrupted time series analysis to estimate the impact of the

SUBMITTER: Akinfolarin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12017818 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature