Open AccessWho to Involve and Where to Start Integrating Tuberculosis Screening into Routine Healthcare Services: Positive Cough of Any Duration as the First Step for Screening Tuberculosis in Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Hussen Mohammed,
Lemessa Oljira,
Kedir Teji Roba,
Esther Ngadaya,
Roman Mehari,
Tsegahun Manyazewal,
Getnet Yimer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s337392
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , health care , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , chronic cough , family medicine , pathology , physics , asthma , optics , economics , economic growth
Recent country surveys have shown an unacceptably high prevalence of confirmed tuberculosis (TB) even among those with a low duration of cough, and more than 50% of those with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) do not report symptoms that correspond to presumptive TB. Furthermore, there has been an increase in the incidence of smear-negative PTB patients who can serve as a source of infection. We investigated whether screening people who sought healthcare for cough of any duration can increase TB case detection in Ethiopia, and compiled the lessons learned and recommendations.