Treatment Outcomes for Tuberculosis Infection and Disease Among Persons Deprived of Liberty, Uganda, 2020.

We report that unsuccessful treatment outcomes were 11.8% for tuberculosis (TB) disease and 21.8% for TB infection among persons deprived of liberty in Uganda Prisons Service facilities.

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

During October 2016-March 2022, Uganda increased tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy coverage among persons living with HIV from 0.6% to 88.8%.

Reporting of Latent TB Infection Among Non-US-Born Persons Adjusting Their Immigration Status to Permanent Residents: An Opportunity to Enhance TB Prevention.

From October 15, 2019, to June 12, 2020, Public Health-Seattle & King County conducted phone outreach to individuals referred to the public health department by civil surgeons. The objective was to explore common barriers and facilitators to treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among this population. Civil surgeons are mandated to report cases of LTBI to the state or local health department.