Cross-sectional assessment of tuberculosis and HIV prevalence in 13 correctional facilities in Zambia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV in 13 Zambian correctional facilities.

Methods

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

13 correctional facilities in seven of the 10 provinces in Zambia.

Participants

All incarcerated individuals were eligible for TB and HIV screening and testing. Of the total study population of 9695 individuals, which represent 46.2% of total correctional population at the beginning of the study, 8267 and 8160 were screened for TB and HIV, respectively.

Interventions

TB and HIV screening and testing was done between July 2018 and February 2019.

Primary outcome measures

All forms of TB, bacteriologically confirmed TB, drug-resistant TB, HIV.

Results

Prevalence of all forms of TB and bacteriologicall

SUBMITTER: Kagujje M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477336 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature