Publications by authors named "Monicah Andefa"
Trop Med Infect Dis
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- The project aimed to implement contact investigation (CI) methods in national tuberculosis programs across eight countries, focusing on children under 5 years and people living with HIV (PLHIV).
- Over 9,000 home and clinic visits were conducted, revealing that 2.6% of children and 10.1% of PLHIV screened were diagnosed with active TB, with a high treatment uptake for both groups.
- The initiative showed that CI can be effectively scaled up within existing TB programs in several African countries, leading to a successful implementation in six out of the eight participating nations by the end of 2021.
