TUBERCULOSIS
Evidence for Equity seeks to highlight which interventions work and which don’t work (and may be harmful) and to provide this information to people making decisions about health to improve health equity.
On this page you'll find links to summaries of systematic reviews of interventions for tuberculosis treatment and prevention. Click on the icons in the table below.
These interventions are influenced by personal characteristics captured by the acronym PROGRESS-Plus including place of residence , socioeconomic status , and additional charateristics such as sexual orientation . Read more about PROGRESS-Plus.
Interventions | Outcomes | ||||
Increased case detection | Increased access to care | Decreased time to diagnosis | Reduced mortality | Decreased transmission rates | |
Outreach household screening and outreach clinics |
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Babies | |
Adult female | |
Adult male | |
Children |