Effectiveness of healthcare workers and volunteers training on improving tuberculosis case detection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tuberculosis is the second most common infectious cause of death globally. Low TB case detection remains a major challenge to achieve the global End TB targets. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine whether training of health professionals and volunteers increase TB case detection.

Citation:
Amare D, Getahun FA, Mengesha EW, …….. Alene KA. Effectiveness of healthcare workers and volunteers training on improving tuberculosis case detection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 2023;18

Keywords:
Health Personnel; Tuberculosis; Pulmonary; lung tuberculosis; meta analysis

Abstract:
Tuberculosis is the second most common infectious cause of death globally. Low TB case detection remains a major challenge to achieve the global End TB targets. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine whether training of health professionals and volunteers increase TB case detection.