The South African Tuberculosis Care Cascade: Estimated Losses and Methodological Challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While tuberculosis incidence and mortality are declining in South Africa, meeting the goals of the End TB Strategy requires an invigorated programmatic response informed by accurate data. Enumerating the losses at each step in the care cascade enables appropriate targeting of interventions and resources.

Methods

We estimated the tuberculosis burden; the number and proportion of individuals with tuberculosis who accessed tests, had tuberculosis diagnosed, initiated treatment, and successfully completed treatment for all tuberculosis cases, for those with drug-susceptible tuberculosis (including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfected cases) and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. Estimates were derived from national electronic tuberculosis register data, labor

SUBMITTER: Naidoo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853316 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature