Declining Trends in Childhood TB Notifications and Profile of Notified Patients in the City of Harare, Zimbabwe, from 2009 to 2018

Table 1

Tuberculosis treatment regimens for childhood TB in Zimbabwe.

Weight bands	Intensive phase		Continuation phase
	RHZ (75 mg/50 mg/150 mg)	E (100 mg)	RH (75 mg/50 mg)
4–7.9 kg	1	1	1
8–11.9 kg	2	2	2
12–15.9 kg	3	3	3
16–24.9 kg	4	4	4
25 kg and above	Use adult formulations

Number of tablets. Recommended dose of TB medicines by weight bands using Fixed Dose Combinations. H = isoniazid; R = rifampicin, Z = pyrazinamide; E = ethambutol.