TB can affect everyone, but specific population groups have a higher risk of acquiring TB infection and progressing to disease once infected; these groups include people living with HIV infection, …

Jan 6, 2025 · This page provides a list of selected clinical guidelines related to tuberculosis (TB) topics. Guidelines are sorted by topics: testing and diagnosis, treatment, drug resistance, …

Clinic I with an exceptionally high presumptive TB case identification rate was a mine clinic and its catchment population included persons from all around the country.

Screening for active TB in selected risk groups is one of several possible interventions to improve early TB detection. However, the impact of screening on health outcomes and TB transmission …

These guidelines include 17 new and updated recommendations for the screening of TB disease. Populations identified as priorities for TB screening include contacts of TB patients, people …

It presents a framework to assess pathways and barriers for early detection of TB from which prioritization of interventions can be based. The document also highlights areas for which …

Jan 19, 2023 · Training was given to more than 76 HEWs and 36 health workers from HC before cascading the intervention of community case finding, moving house to house and identify …

How do health-care workers and others involved in TB case-finding, such as community workers or volunteers, identify suspected cases of TB? (Interview the health workers.)

Feb 28, 2024 · Active case-finding is a risk-population-based screening approach that has been established to be effective in TB control. This intervention aimed to increase TB case detection …

The Initiative has two specific objectives: 1) Address specific barriers to finding missing cases, especially in key populations and vulnerable groups and 2) Develop and apply innovative …