Declining tuberculosis case notification rates with the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe

Setting: Zimbabwe has a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) driven tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, with antiretroviral therapy (ART) scaled up in the public sector since 2004.Objective: To determine whether national ART scale-up was associated with annual national TB case notification rates (CNR), strati...

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Published in:Public health action 2016-09, Vol.6 (3), p.164-168
Main Authors: Takarinda, K. C., Harries, A. D., Sandy, C., Mutasa-Apollo, T., Zishiri, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
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HIV/AIDS
Operational Research
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Recurrent Tb
Tuberculosis
Zimbabwe
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Summary:Setting: Zimbabwe has a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) driven tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, with antiretroviral therapy (ART) scaled up in the public sector since 2004.Objective: To determine whether national ART scale-up was associated with annual national TB case notification rates (CNR), stratified by disease type and category, between 2000 and 2013.Design: This was a retrospective study using aggregate data from global reports.Results: The number of people living with HIV and retained on ART from 2004 to 2013 increased from 8400 to 665 299, with ART coverage increasing from
ISSN:2220-8372
2220-8372
DOI:10.5588/pha.16.0029