Completed | December 2017

Integration of Active Case-Finding for TB (ACF) and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) with Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services (PMTCT) in Lesotho

Overview

Country:

Lesotho

Subject Matter:

Integration of HIV Services; Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health; Tuberculosis

The focus of this Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded systems development and mentoring project was to conduct operations research on active case-finding (ACF) and isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in the antenatal clinical context in Lesotho.

Data Collection Period: July 2011 – July 2013

  1. Findings presented at the 43rd World Conference on Lung Health of the Union, November 2012: “Evaluating the roll-out of Lesotho’s guidelines for intensified case finding for TB and Isoniazid preventive therapy in maternal and child health clinics”
  2. Findings published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, September 2014: “Preventing tuberculosis among HIV-infected pregnant women in Lesotho: the case for rolling out active case finding and isoniazid preventive therapy“

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