Research Article

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

Table 3

Treatment outcomes of childhood TB patients enrolled for TB treatment in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2015–2017, disaggregated by the type of TB treatment regimen.

Treatment outcomeDrug-sensitive TB regimen (N = 497)Drug-resistant TB regimen (N = 18)Unknown (N = 41)Total
N%N%N%N%

Favourable
 Cured30(6)3(17)2(5)35(6)
 Completed258(52)8(44)24(59)290(52)

Unfavourable
 Died1(0)0(0)0(0)1(0)
 Lost to follow-up1(0)0(0)0(0)1(0)
 Transferred out7(1)0(0)1(2)8(1)
 Not evaluated17(3)0(0)1(2)18(3)

Not recorded/unknown183(37)7(39)13(32)203(37)