Number of Individuals Eligible for Screening

Estimated number of people in the defined risk group category during the reporting period. Identification of target population should be based on risk groups. A risk group is any group of people in which the prevalence or incidence of TB is significantly higher than in the general population. These risk groups could be people living in urban slum areas, remote and hard-to-reach areas, PLHIV, sex workers, prisoners, military personnel, healthcare workers (HCWs), miners, etc. This information can be collected from census data, prevalence surveys, government statistics, special studies, etc.