Percent of Children (< 5 years) Household Contacts Started on TPT

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Definitions

Percentage of children household contacts (<5 years) of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary new and relapse TB cases notified in the reporting period who were started on TPT, among those eligible children household contacts (<5 years) during specified period.

Numerator

Number of children household contacts (age <5 years) of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary new and relapse TB cases notified in the reporting period who were started on TPT. WHO database: newinc_con04_prevtx

Denominator

Number of eligible children household contacts (<5 years) of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary new and relapse TB cases notified in the reporting year

Ref #

PT-7

Tier Level

Extended Indicator

Data Type

Percentage

Disaggregations

N/A
There are no related indicators for this indicator.

Indicator Visualizations

Changelog

June 9, 2022: Changed title from "Percent Children (< 5 years) Household Contacts Initiated on TPT" to "Percent of Children (< 5 years) Household Contacts Started on TPT" to be more consistent across the "TB Preventive Treatment (PT)" technical area.