Master of Public Health - MPH / Background:
In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB) detection remains a major problem, as notified cases are
estimated to account for only 68% of all incident cases. Health services have relied on
passive case finding and this leads to missed or delayed diagnosis. In Cape Town, City
Health has embarked on an active surveillance programme to systematically screen all adults
seeking health care at PHC facilities for active TB, in order to identify undiagnosed incident
TB cases and avert missed opportunities for treating TB.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an intensified TB screening strategy on
changes in facility level TB case finding in City Health PHC facilities in Cape Town.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6852 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Caldwell, Judy |
| Contributors | Schneider, Helen |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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