Poor attendance at a child TB contact clinic in Malawi

M. Nyirenda; Rebecca Sinfield; S. Haves; E. M. Molyneux; S. M. Graham

Poor attendance at a child TB contact clinic in Malawi

M. Nyirenda, Rebecca Sinfield, S. Haves, E. M. Molyneux, S. M. Graham

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

SETTING: Child tuberculosis (TB) contact clinic, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.

DESIGN: Patients registered with smear-positive pulmonary TB (PTB) were encouraged to bring childhood household contacts to the clinic for assessment and management. Data of TB cases registered over the same period were collected from the Blantyre District TB Office.

RESULTS: Attendance at the contact clinic was very poor, representing only 7.7% of all adults registered with smear-positive PTB over 17 months, and was significantly lower for potential male source cases than females (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.23-0.55, P < 0.001).

DISCUSSION: Improved uptake and implementation of child contact management in Malawi is a challenge.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	585-587
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Volume	10
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2006

Keywords

Child
Contact screening
Malawi
Tuberculosis

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Poor attendance at a child TB contact clinic in Malawi

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