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Table 2 Implementing sites

From: Impact of systematic early tuberculosis detection using Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in children with severe pneumonia in high tuberculosis burden countries (TB-Speed pneumonia): a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial

Region

Country

TB incidence rate /100,000 population

Number of sites

Hospitals, City

Western Africa

Côte d’Ivoire

High (< 300)

148

3

Yopougon UTH, Abidjan

Treichville UTH, Abidjan

Cocody UTH, Abidjan

Central Africa

Cameroon

194

2

Chantal Biya Foundation, Yaoundé

District Hospital Biyem Assi, Yaoundé

Eastern Africa

Uganda

201

3

Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala

Holy Innocents Childrens’ Hospital, Mbarara

Regional Reference Hospital, Jinja

Southern Africa

Mozambique

Very high (≥300)

551

2

Central Hospital, Maputo

Jose Macamo General Hospital, Maputo

Zambia

361

2

UTH, Lusaka

Arthur Davidson Children Hospital, Ndola

South East Asia

Cambodia

326

3

Referral Hospital, Kampong Cham

Referral Hospital, Takeo

National Pediatric Hospital, Phnom Penh

  1. UTH University Teaching Hospital. Data source: WHO Global TB Report 2019 [1]