ArticleThe international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2014
Active case finding for tuberculosis among people who inject drugs on methadone treatment in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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- A systematic review of the number needed to screen for active TB among people living with HIV.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2021Pooled it
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- Testing for Drug-Related Infectious Diseases and Determinants among People Who Use Drugs in a Low-Resource Setting: A Respondent-Driven Cross-Sectional Survey.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
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- Convenience without disclosure: a formative research study of a proposed integrated methadone and antiretroviral therapy service delivery model in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2017Article
- Prevalence and predictors of HCV among a cohort of opioid treatment patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The International journal on drug policy · 2017Article
- Public health and international drug policy.Lancet (London, England) · 2016Review
- Improvements in health-related quality of life among methadone maintenance clients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The International journal on drug policy · 2016Article
- Implementation and Operational Research: Linkage to Care Among Methadone Clients Living With HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2015Article
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settingActive case finding is a World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed strategy for improving tuberculosis (TB) case detection. Despite WHO recommendations for active case finding among people who inject drugs (PWID), few studies have been published. The historical focus of case finding has been in populations that are human immunodeficiency virus-positive, incarcerated or at higher occupational risk.
objectiveWe sought to examine the yield of active case finding among PWID newly started on methadone in Tanzania.
designOf 222 methadone clients, 156 (70%) met with study administrators; 150 consented to participate, 139 (93%) of whom were male. The median age was 34 years. A symptom-based questionnaire was developed by the investigators and administered to every consenting patient by a native Swahili speaker.
resultsOf the 150 patients surveyed, 16 (11%) had one or more TB symptoms and were referred for laboratory testing. Six new TB cases were identified in this active case finding program, with a prevalence of 4%.
conclusionThis study presents the first data on TB prevalence in a population of PWID in Tanzania. This prevalence is 23 times that of the general Tanzanian TB prevalence of 0.2%. These results have significant implications for TB control.
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