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Definitions
Percentage of total household contacts (adults and children <5 years) of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary new and relapse TB cases notified in the reporting year who were started on TPT, among those eligible household contacts during the reporting period. This denominator can be estimated as: Estimated average household size (e_hh_size) multiplied by total number of new and relapse bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB cases (new_labconf plus ret_rel_labconf)
Numerator
Number of total household contacts (adults and children <5 years) of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary new and relapse TB cases notified in the reporting period who were started on TPT. WHO database: newinc_con_prevtx
Denominator
Number of total eligible household contacts (adults and children <5 years) of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary new and relapse TB cases notified in the reporting period
Ref # |
(Previously PT-6) |
Tier Level |
Extended Indicator
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Data Type |
Percentage
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Disaggregations |
N/A |
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Changelog
June 9, 2022: Changed title from "Percent Household Contacts Initiated on TPT" to "Percent of Household Contacts Started on TPT" to be more consistent across the "TB Preventive Treatment (PT)" technical area.