The 2021 data shows that of the 86,653 new and relapse TB cases notified, 14,033 (16.2%) were children under the age of 15 years. This notification has been increasing from the 2015 report which was at 10%. Among children (under 15 years) notified 7,956 (57%) were children under the age of 5, while 3.360 (24%) cases were children between age group of 5 -9 years and 2,717 (19%) were children of the age-group 10 – 14 years. The ration of age groups 0 -4: 5 – 15 is 1.3 which is below the global target of at least 1.5.
Proportion of children under 15 years among notified TB cases in 2021 by region
Trends of proportion of children (< 15 years) notified among new and relapse TB cases
The distribution of children under age of 15 notified according to forms of TB shows that new clinically diagnosed pulmonary TB cases were 3,493 (53.8%) forming a larger part, followed by new extra-pulmonary TB cases that were 2,337 (36.0%) while new bacteriologically confirmed TB cases and relapse were 645 (9.9%) and 14 (0.2%) respectively.
Childhood TB treatment outcome of cases notified 2020
|
Treatment outcomes |
Number |
% |
|
Paediatric Notified 2020 |
13,592 |
|
|
Cured |
1,156 |
8.5% |
|
Treatment completed |
12,089 |
88.9% |
|
Treatment success |
13,245 |
97.4% |
|
Failed treatment |
1 |
0.0% |
|
Died |
202 |
1.5% |
|
Lost to follow up |
125 |
0.9% |
|
Not evaluated |
22 |
0.2% |
