Assessment of Strategies and Epidemiological Characteristics of Tuberculosis in Henan Province, China: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2005, China established an internet-based Tuberculosis Information Management System (TBIMS) to monitor changes in tuberculosis (TB). Many scholars have conducted epidemiological research using TBIMS; however, few studies assessing control strategies have been performed based on this platform data. Henan province is a high TB incidence area in China where, in addition to following the nationwide TB strategies, a series of local intervention combinations have been implemented.

Objective

Our study aims to evaluate the impact of nationwide TB intervention combinations on epidemiological changes and determine whether Henan province can achieve the World Health Organization's (WHO) goal of reducing TB incidence by 50% and TB mortality by 75% by the year 2025.

Met

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864773 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature