Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2023)

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

  • Deus Lukoye,
  • Gail Gustavson,
  • Proscovia M. Namuwenge,
  • Simon Muchuro,
  • Estella Birabwa,
  • Seyoum Dejene,
  • Julius Ssempiira,
  • Julius N. Kalamya,
  • Steven Baveewo,
  • Odile Ferroussier-Davis,
  • Lisa A. Mills,
  • Emilio Dirlikov,
  • Lisa J. Nelson,
  • Stavia Turyahabwe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221353
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3
pp. 609 – 613

Abstract

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During October 2016–March 2022, Uganda increased tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy coverage among persons living with HIV from 0.6% to 88.8%. TB notification rates increased from 881.1 to 972.5 per 100,000 persons living with HIV. Timely TB screening, diagnosis, and earlier treatment should remain high priorities for TB/HIV prevention programming.

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