The Zimbabwe National Tuberculosis Control Programme is the country's public health effort to prevent, diagnose and treat tuberculosis, issuing national guidelines for case management and coordinating the country's TB surveillance and treatment services. Among its recommendations, the programme calls for tuberculosis preventive treatment for children under five who are close contacts of a smear-positive TB case, part of a broader national response to a disease that has remained among the leading causes of death in Zimbabwe.
Facts
Program status (class) Connections
Associated With
Source afro.who.int: Zimbabwe on track to achieve the 2020 Global End TB Strategy milestones
Delivers Practice
Source afro.who.int: Zimbabwe on track to achieve the 2020 Global End TB Strategy milestones
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. afro.who.int: Zimbabwe on track to achieve the 2020 Global End TB Strategy milestones
afro.who.intPage textQuote, Page text
The Ministry of Health and Child Care’s (MoHCC) National TB Programme (NTP) has scaled up TB diagnosis using the WHO recommended Rapid diagnostic tests with 87% coverage, introduced shorter and safer preventive TB treatment regimens, introduced child friendly formulations and a shorter all oral (injection free) treatment regimen for treating MDR-TB.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.