Assessment of the tuberculosis case-finding and prevention cascade among people living with HIV in Zambia - 2018: a cross-sectional cluster survey

• Main Authors: Michael Melgar (Author), Ray W. Shiraishi (Author), Clifford Tende (Author), Sydney Mwanza (Author), Joyce Mulenga (Author), Shepherd Khondowe (Author), David Mwakazanga (Author), Kelvin Kapungu (Author), Mathias Tembo (Author), Amos Nota (Author), Patrick Lungu (Author), Brittany Moore (Author), Laura J. Podewils (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Ministry of Health Zambia recommends tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) with 6 months daily isoniazid for all people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after ruling out active tuberculosis disease. We sought to estimate the percentage of people living with HI...