TB Case-Finding, Treatment and Prevention Intervention in Thailand

The project aimed to test a strategy for the early detection and prevention of tuberculosis in household contacts of tuberculosis patients in order to reduce the morbidity, mortality and transmission of this disease in Thailand. This strategy will be evaluated in comparison with the current programmatic approach through a pragmatic trial with cluster randomization (cluster randomized controlled trial) which will be conducted over the next 3 years. This project is carried out in collaboration with the Tuberculosis Division of the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, the TB/HIV Research Foundation in Thailand and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in England.