Vikela Ekhaya: A Novel, Community-based, Tuberculosis Contact Management Program in a High Burden Setting

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Authors

Alexander Kay · Baylor College of Medicine

Micaela Sandoval · Baylor College of Medicine

Godwin Mtetwa

Musa Mkhabela

Banele Ndlovu

Tara Devezin · Baylor College of Medicine

Welile Sikhondze · Southern Africa Nazarene University

Debrah Vambe · Southern Africa Nazarene University

Abstract

Vikela Ekhaya demonstrated that community-based TB household contact management is a feasible, acceptable, and successful strategy for TB screening and TPT delivery. The results of this study support the development of novel, differentiated, community-based interventions for TB prevention and control.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 74, Issue 9, pp. 1631-1638

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab652

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