Piloting the feasibility of a population-based joint TB-HIV survey in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 2019.

ABSTRACT: South Africa bears a high burden of infectious diseases, including intersecting epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Among people living with HIV, TB is the predominant cause of death. Since 2002, South Africa has conducted six national population-based HIV surveys, and its first national TB prevalence survey between 2017 and 2019. Given the epidemiologic overlap of these conditions and dwindling resources, a joint national TB and HIV survey could be advantageous. We piloted a joint survey design in August-September 2019 to assess the feasibility of simultaneously collecting HIV and TB data. The pilot survey utilized the same sampling frame as the 2017-2019 national TB prevalence survey, based on small area layers as building blocks for clusters. Two clust

SUBMITTER: Murangandi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12851483 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature