Zimbabwe National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey 2014

General Info

Geography

Zimbabwe (ZWE)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

January, 2014 - December, 2014

Data type

Survey: Cross-sectional - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Urban-rural representative

Summary

The Zimbabwe National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey was conducted in order to study the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in individuals ages 15 and older. In addition to being interviewed, 33,736 individuals were screened for tuberculosis, and 5,705 participants provided sputum samples for examination.

Keywords

Agriculture, Alcohol use, Cough, Education, Employment, Hospitals, Marital status, Mining, Pharmacies, Population, Prevalence, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Tuberculosis, X-rays

Citation

Contributors

National Tuberculosis Control Programme (Zimbabwe)

Biomedical Research and Training Institute (Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency

National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Harare Central Hospital (NMRL) (Zimbabwe)

World Health Organization (WHO)

University of Zimbabwe

Funders

Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Suggested citation

Biomedical Research and Training Institute (Zimbabwe), National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Harare Central Hospital (NMRL) (Zimbabwe), National Tuberculosis Control Programme (Zimbabwe), University of Zimbabwe, World Health Organization (WHO), Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency. Zimbabwe National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey 2014.