GeneXpert rollout in three high-burden tuberculosis countries in Africa: A review of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis and outcomes from 2001 to 2019.

Africa GeneXpert Xpert MTB/RIF interrupted time series tuberculosis

Journal

African journal of laboratory medicine
ISSN: 2225-2002
Titre abrégé: Afr J Lab Med
Pays: South Africa
ID NLM: 101603205

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 16 12 2021
accepted: 24 05 2022
entrez: 12 9 2022
pubmed: 13 9 2022
medline: 13 9 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The rollout of GeneXpert aimed at increasing early diagnosis of tuberculosis to improve treatment outcomes and global tuberculosis targets. This study evaluated trends in tuberculosis diagnosis and outcomes pre- and post-introduction of GeneXpert in three African countries - the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Nigeria and South Africa. Data from 2001 to 2019 were extracted from the World Health Organization's data repository. Descriptive analysis, paired Estimated tuberculosis incidence decreased from 327/100 000 to 324/100 000 in the DRC, and from 1220/100 000 to 988/100 000 in South Africa. Incidence remained at 219/100 000 in Nigeria. The tuberculosis case notification rate did not change significantly. Increases in the new case treatment success rates were statistically significant (DRC: Improvements in tuberculosis treatment outcomes were achieved, but little progress has been made in new case notification due to varied implementation and scale-up of GeneXpert across the three countries. Implementation barriers need to be addressed to achieve the required tuberculosis targets.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
The rollout of GeneXpert aimed at increasing early diagnosis of tuberculosis to improve treatment outcomes and global tuberculosis targets.
Objective UNASSIGNED
This study evaluated trends in tuberculosis diagnosis and outcomes pre- and post-introduction of GeneXpert in three African countries - the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Nigeria and South Africa.
Methods UNASSIGNED
Data from 2001 to 2019 were extracted from the World Health Organization's data repository. Descriptive analysis, paired
Results UNASSIGNED
Estimated tuberculosis incidence decreased from 327/100 000 to 324/100 000 in the DRC, and from 1220/100 000 to 988/100 000 in South Africa. Incidence remained at 219/100 000 in Nigeria. The tuberculosis case notification rate did not change significantly. Increases in the new case treatment success rates were statistically significant (DRC:
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
Improvements in tuberculosis treatment outcomes were achieved, but little progress has been made in new case notification due to varied implementation and scale-up of GeneXpert across the three countries. Implementation barriers need to be addressed to achieve the required tuberculosis targets.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36091352
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1811
pii: AJLM-11-1811
pmc: PMC9453189
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1811

Subventions

Organisme : World Health Organization
ID : 001
Pays : International

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.

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Auteurs

Victor Williams (V)

Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Marianne Calnan (M)

University Research Co. LLC, Manila, Philippines.

Bassey Edem (B)

Vaccines and Immunity Theme, MRC Unit the Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, Gambia.

Chukwuemeka Onwuchekwa (C)

Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain.

Chika Okoro (C)

Universal Health Coverage and Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Cluster, World Health Organization, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.

Christine Candari (C)

University Research Co. LLC, Manila, Philippines.

Rhodora Cruz (R)

University Research Co. LLC, Manila, Philippines.

Kennedy Otwombe (K)

Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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