title: Coverage of clinic-based TB screening in South Africa may be low in key risk groups.
abstract: The South African Ministry of Health has proposed screening all clinic attendees for tuberculosis (TB). Amongst other factors, male sex and bar attendance are associated with higher TB risk. We show that 45% of adults surveyed in Western Cape attended a clinic within 6 months, and therefore potentially a relatively high proportion of the population could be reached through clinic-based screening. However, fewer than 20% of all men aged 18-25 years, or men aged 26-45 who attend bars, attended a clinic. The population-level impact of clinic-based screening may be reduced by low coverage among key risk groups.
authors.affiliation: TB Modelling Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McCreesh
authors.affiliation: TB Modelling Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Faghmous
authors.affiliation: TB Modelling Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Looker
authors.affiliation: TB Modelling Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK ; Health Economics and Decision Science, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dodd
authors.affiliation: TB Modelling Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Plumb
authors.affiliation: ZAMBART Project, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shanaube
authors.affiliation: ZAMBART Project, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia ; TB Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muyoyeta
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Research, LSHTM, London, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godfrey-Faussett
authors.affiliation: ZAMBART Project, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia ; Department of Clinical Research, LSHTM, London, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayles
authors.affiliation: TB Modelling Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: White
keywords: South Africa; primary health care; screening; tuberculosis