Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania
While Tanzania is among the high TB burden countries to reach the WHO’s End TB 2030 milestones, 41% of the people estimated to have had TB in 2020 were not diagnosed and notified. As part of the response to close the TB treatment coverage gap, SHDEPHA+ Kahama conducted a TB REACH active case-finding...
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| description | While Tanzania is among the high TB burden countries to reach the WHO’s End TB 2030 milestones, 41% of the people estimated to have had TB in 2020 were not diagnosed and notified. As part of the response to close the TB treatment coverage gap, SHDEPHA+ Kahama conducted a TB REACH active case-finding (ACF) intervention among rural and mining communities in Northwest Tanzania to increase TB/HIV case notification from July 2017 to June 2020. The intervention successfully linked marginalized mining communities with integrated TB/HIV screening, diagnostic, and referral services, screening 144,707 people for TB of whom 24,200 were tested for TB and 4,478 were tested for HIV, diagnosing 1,499 people with TB and 1,273 people with HIV (including at least 154 people with TB/HIV coinfection). The intervention revealed that community-based ACF can ensure high rates of linkage to care among hard-to-reach populations for TB. Providing integrated TB and HIV screening and diagnostic services during evening hours (Moonlight Events) in and around mining settlements can yield a large number of people with undiagnosed TB and HIV. For TB, this is true not only amongst miners but also FSW living in the same communities, who appear to be at similar or equally high risk of infection. Local NGOs can help to bridge the TB treatment coverage gap and to improve TB and HIV health outcomes by linking these marginalized groups with public sector services. Capturing the number of referrals arriving at CTCs is an important next step to identify how well the integrated TB/HIV outreach services operate and how they can be strengthened. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5d9c07e7507d4aafb6a6fa6236181e2b2025-02-03T01:22:46ZengWileyJournal of Tropical Medicine1687-96942022-01-01202210.1155/2022/4716151Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest TanzaniaR. Abeid0C. Mergenthaler1V. Muzuka2A. Goodluck3T. Nkwabi4J. Bigio5Aguilera Vasquez N6T. Pande7F. Haraka8J. Creswell9T. Rahman10M. Straetemans11SHDEPHA+ KahamaKIT Royal Tropical InstituteSHDEPHA+ KahamaSHDEPHA+ KahamaSHDEPHA+ KahamaResearch Institute of the McGill University Health CentreResearch Institute of the McGill University Health CentreResearch Institute of the McGill University Health CentreIfakara Health InstituteInnovations & Grants TeamInnovations & Grants TeamKIT Royal Tropical InstituteWhile Tanzania is among the high TB burden countries to reach the WHO’s End TB 2030 milestones, 41% of the people estimated to have had TB in 2020 were not diagnosed and notified. As part of the response to close the TB treatment coverage gap, SHDEPHA+ Kahama conducted a TB REACH active case-finding (ACF) intervention among rural and mining communities in Northwest Tanzania to increase TB/HIV case notification from July 2017 to June 2020. The intervention successfully linked marginalized mining communities with integrated TB/HIV screening, diagnostic, and referral services, screening 144,707 people for TB of whom 24,200 were tested for TB and 4,478 were tested for HIV, diagnosing 1,499 people with TB and 1,273 people with HIV (including at least 154 people with TB/HIV coinfection). The intervention revealed that community-based ACF can ensure high rates of linkage to care among hard-to-reach populations for TB. Providing integrated TB and HIV screening and diagnostic services during evening hours (Moonlight Events) in and around mining settlements can yield a large number of people with undiagnosed TB and HIV. For TB, this is true not only amongst miners but also FSW living in the same communities, who appear to be at similar or equally high risk of infection. Local NGOs can help to bridge the TB treatment coverage gap and to improve TB and HIV health outcomes by linking these marginalized groups with public sector services. Capturing the number of referrals arriving at CTCs is an important next step to identify how well the integrated TB/HIV outreach services operate and how they can be strengthened.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4716151 |
| spellingShingle | R. Abeid C. Mergenthaler V. Muzuka A. Goodluck T. Nkwabi J. Bigio Aguilera Vasquez N T. Pande F. Haraka J. Creswell T. Rahman M. Straetemans Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania Journal of Tropical Medicine |
| title | Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania |
| title_full | Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania |
| title_short | Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania |
| title_sort | increasing tb hiv case notification through an active case finding approach among rural and mining communities in northwest tanzania |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4716151 |
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