Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania

Table 1

TB care cascade for people attending TB-screening events, with population group disaggregated.

	Adults in hard-to-reach communities		Children in hard-to-reach communities		Female sex workers (FSWs)		Artisanal scale miners (ASMs)		Chi-square value	Total
TB-screening cascade	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%
Individuals screened for TB	100,461		15,663		7,447		21,136			144,707
Individuals identified with presumptive TB (% among screened for TB)	39,639	39.5	4,756	30.4	3,393	45.6	7,673	36.3	<0.001	55,461	38.3
Individuals tested for TB (% among TB presumptives)	16,364	41.3	2,529	53.2	1,501	44.2	3,806	49.6	<0.001	24,200	43.6
Individuals with bacteriologically confirmed (B+) TB (% among tested for TB)	904	5.5	90	3.6	125	8.3	380	10.0	<0.001	1,499	6.2
Individuals with all forms TB (% among tested for TB)	1,829	11.2	325	12.9	225	15.0	630	16.6	<0.001	3,009	12.4
Individuals with B+ TB initiated on treatment (% among individuals with B+ TB)	869	96.1	90	100.0	125	100.0	371	97.6	0.021	1,455	97.1
Individuals with all forms TB initiated on treatment (% among individuals with all forms TB)	1,788	97.8	324	99.7	225	100.0	622	98.7	0.008	2,959	98.3