Zimbabwe National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey 2014
General Info
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.
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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.