What do these findings mean?
TB
This study found no evidence that the PopART intervention reduced TB prevalence, compared with standard-of-care.Systematic screening for TB that is based on symptom screening alone may not be sufficient to achieve a large reduction in TB prevalence over a period of a few years.Including chest X-ray screening alongside TB symptom screening could substantially increase the sensitivity of systematic screening for TB, and several years of delivering such a strategy might be able to achieve a considerable reduction in TB prevalence.