Anti-retroviral therapy scale-up and its impact on sex-stratified tuberculosis notification trends in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In order to end the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2035, countries must achieve a 10% annual decline in tuberculosis incidence rates by 2025. Provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been associated with population level decreases in TB notification rates. We aimed to assess whether the progressive scale-up of ART provision over the past nine years has had an effect on population level trends of TB notification in Uganda stratified by sex and HIV status.

Methods

The study area consisted of Kampala and eight surrounding districts. Annual TB notifications and mid-year populations were used to calculate notification rates per 100,000 population from the study area. Numbers alive and retained on ART were used to calculate ART coverage, overall and by sex. TB not

SUBMITTER: Zawedde-Muyanja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747005 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature