Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy among Persons Living with HIV, Uganda, 2016–2022

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Lukoye, Deus ; Gustavson, Gail ; Namuwenge, Proscovia M. ; Muchuro, Simon ; Birabwa, Estella ; Dejene, Seyoum ; Ssempiira, Julius ; Kalamya, Julius N. ; Baveewo, Steven ; Ferroussier-Davis, Odile ; Mills, Lisa A. ; Dirlikov, Emilio ; Nelson, Lisa J. ; Turyahabwe, Stavia
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• Description:
  During October 2016-March 2022, Uganda increased tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy coverage among persons living with HIV from 0.6% to 88.8%. TB notification rates increased from 881.1 to 972.5 per 100,000 persons living with HIV. Timely TB screening, diagnosis, and earlier treatment should remain high priorities for TB/HIV prevention programming.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy among Persons Living with HIV, Uganda, 2016–2022
  • tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
  • bacteria
  • HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses
  • respiratory infections
  • latent tuberculosis infection
  • tuberculosis preventive therapy
  • PEPFAR
  • Uganda
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(3):609-613
• Pubmed ID:
  36823496
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9973710
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC/CDC HHSUnited States/ ; PEPFAR/PEPFARUnited States/
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/127662/cdc_127662_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8487abcb0fbe51ca0532fb2243ec008018d4a80d971dfb618eab1c7d4945ff37