Trends of notification rates and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis cases with and without HIV co-infection in eight rural districts of Uganda (2015 - 2019).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The End TB Strategy aims to reduce new tuberculosis (TB) cases by 90% and TB-related deaths by 95% between 2015 - 2035. We determined the trend of case notification rates (CNRs) and treatment outcomes of TB cases with and without HIV co-infection in rural Uganda to provide an interim evaluation of progress towards this global target in rural settings.

Methods

We extracted retrospective programmatic data on notified TB cases and treatment outcomes from 2015 - 2019 for eight districts in rural Uganda from the District Health Information System 2. We estimated CNRs as the number of TB cases per 100,000 population. Treatment success rate (TSR) was calculated as the sum of TB cure and treatment completion for each year. Trends were estimated using the Mann-Kendall test

SUBMITTER: Baluku JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981742 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature