Data quality assessment of a South African electronic registry for drug-resistant TB, 2015-2016.

Setting: Assessment of bedaquiline roll-out in South Africa requires accurate patient data in EDRWeb, a national case-based rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) surveillance register.

Objective: To ensure EDRWeb data reflect programmatic DR-TB source data, we implemented a data quality improvement initiative.

Design: We conducted data quality assessments of EDRWeb data compared to paper patient folders at two South African RR-TB treatment facilities in 2015 and 2016.

Risk factors for mortality among adults registered on the routine drug resistant tuberculosis reporting database in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 2011 to 2013.

Introduction: South Africa is among countries with the highest burden of drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The Eastern Cape Province reported the highest MDR-TB mortality rates in South Africa for the 2010 treatment cohorts. This study aimed to determine risk factors for mortality among adult patients registered for DR-TB treatment in the province.