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Table 4 Numbers of Syrian refugees screened for TB as contacts, Jordan, 2013–2015, and Lebanon, 2015

From: An evaluation of a tuberculosis case-finding and treatment program among Syrian refugees—Jordan and Lebanon, 2013–2015

Jordan
Year 2013, n 2014, n 2015, n
Number of Syrian refugees screened for TB as contacts of index TB cases 220 120 180
Number of incident TB cases among Syrian refugees found through contact investigations 3 8 2
Number of Syrian refugee contacts screened to find one active TB case (Number of refugee contacts screened /number of incident cases found) 73.3 15.0 90.0
Lebanon
Year    2015, n
Number of Syrian refugees screened for TB as contacts of index TB cases    450
Number of incident TB cases among Syrian refugees found through contact investigations    15
Number of Syrian refugee contacts screened to find one active TB case (Number of refugee contacts screened /number of incident cases found)    30.0
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Conflict and Health

ISSN: 1752-1505