Experience of active tuberculosis case finding in nearly 5 million households in India
Open Access
- 21 March 2016
- journal article
- Published by International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Public Health Action
- Vol. 6 (1), 15-18
- https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.15.0035
Abstract
In India, to increase tuberculosis (TB) case detection under the National Tuberculosis Programme, active case finding (ACF) was implemented by the Global Fund-supported Project Axshya, among high-risk groups in 300 districts. Between April 2013 and December 2014, 4.9 million households covering ~20 million people were visited. Of 350 047 presumptive pulmonary TB cases (cough of ⩾2 weeks) identified, 187 586 (54%) underwent sputum smear examination and 14 447 (8%) were found to be smear-positive. ACF resulted in the detection of a large number of persons with presumptive pulmonary TB and smear-positive TB. Ensuring sputum examination of all those with presumptive TB was a major challenge.Keywords
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