Abstract
Measuring tuberculosis (TB) prevalence trends provides information on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The World Health Organization recently published guidelines on assessing TB prevalence through population-based surveys. The current manuscript describes in detail the organisation of the field activities in such a survey. These activities need to be embedded in a strong organisational framework where the steering committee has the overall responsibility and the survey coordinator the day-to-day supervision. Field activities need to be tailored to the community, with respect to both time and place and direct involvement of community members. Frequent and well-described monitoring procedures need to be in place to be able to identify systematic and non-systematic errors at the earliest opportunity. © 2008 The Union.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1365-1369 |
Journal | International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 12 |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |