What did we learn from South Africa's first-ever tuberculosis prevalence survey?
S Afr Med J
; 111(5): 402-404, 2021 04 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1256983
ABSTRACT
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to conduct tuberculosis (TB) prevalence surveys to better understand the burden of TB and to enable the WHO to conduct global estimates. Until the report from the first-ever prevalence survey in South Africa (SA), the country had to rely on WHO estimates. The recently published report on the SA TB prevalence survey provides important estimates of the burden of TB disease as well as information on health-seeking behaviour. This review notes the key findings of the 2018 prevalence survey. The high prevalence of TB in SA continues to be a major cause for concern, and calls for a significantly improved response to reach the End TB targets set by the WHO.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
S Afr Med J
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
SAMJ.2021.v111i5.15662
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