Table 2.
National Tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcome data in Malawi between 2002 and 2008
| 2 (a): Case Notifications, HIV testing and Cotrimoxazole Preventive Therapy (CPT) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| TB case notifications | 27,531 | 28,234 | 27,000 | 27,610 | 27,105 | 25,966 | 25,688 |
| Number HIV tested (%) |
2130 (8%) |
3983 (14%) |
6681 (25%) |
12243 (44%) |
17,253 (64%) |
21,551 (83%) |
21557 (84%) |
| Number HIV-positive (%) |
1,630 (77%) |
2,734 (69%) |
4,804 (72%) |
8,453 (69%) |
12,064 (70%) |
15,491 (72%) | 13,677 (63%) |
| Number started CPT (%) |
Not known | 2,349 (86%) |
4,649 (97%) |
8,073 (96%) |
11,244 (93%) |
13,779 (89%) | 13,148 (96%) |
| 2 (b): Treatment outcomes in new smear-positive PTB patients evaluated nationally for outcomes | |||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| New smear-positive PTB patients evaluated | 7,693 | 7,603 | 8,021 | 7,965 | 7,955 | 8065 | 7632 |
| Treatment success (%) |
5,572 (72%) |
5,650 (74%) |
6,082 (76%) |
6,178 (78%) |
6,369 (80%) |
6707 (83%) |
6534 (86%) |
| Death (%) |
1,500 (19%) |
1,410 (19%) |
1,387 (17%) |
1,265 (16%) |
1,018 (13%) |
739 (9%) |
574 (7.5%) |
| Other outcomes (%) |
621 (9%) |
543 (7%) |
552 (7%) |
522 (6%) |
568 (7%) |
619 (8%) |
524 (6.5%) |
Legend: other outcomes = default, transfer out, failure. [the data were obtained from annual NTP reports]