Cost effectiveness analysis of expanding tuberculosis preventive therapy to household contacts aged 5–14 years in the Philippines
Expanding TPT coverage to HHCs aged 5-14 years is cost-effective when using TST and 6H closely followed by a strategy combining TST and 3HP.
Authors
- Romella Tuppal
- Alexander F. Ritua
- Flordeliza R. Bassiag
- Jessica Keim‐Malpass (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7035-8556)
- Ghassan Ilaiwy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6769-3217)
- Tania A. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-6369)
Institutions
- Isabela State University (PH)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2025.100519
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- United States Agency for International Development
- National Institutes of Health