Impact of shelter-in-place orders on TB case notifications and mortality in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policies implemented to slow transmission of COVID-19 are expected to have disrupted delivery of routine health services, including tuberculosis (TB) care.

Methods

We analyzed daily counts of drug-susceptible (DS)-TB case notifications from all health facilities affiliated with the Philippines National TB Program (NTP) before and after implementation of community quarantine (January 1-December 31, 2020). Using an interrupted time series design, we assessed the immediate and sustained effects of community quarantine on TB case reporting. Using 2019 WHO estimates of national TB incidence, treatment, and mortality rates for the Philippines, we modeled excess mortality from TB, assuming a national decline in TB case reporting were extended for 12 months, followed by a

SUBMITTER: Crowder R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519831 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature