Kenya

This country is among the 22 Global High Burden Countries for TB.  It diagnosed and notified 95,310 cases of tuberculosis in 2003, which is a 16% increase compared to 2002.  The annual increase of TB has been constant (16%) over the last decade and is attributed to the HIV epidemic and improved case finding. It is estimated that 6.7% of the adult population is infected with HIV and 40-60% of all TB cases is HIV positive. The incidence of all forms of TB is estimated by WHO to be 540/100,000 population, which means that Kenya’s current CDR for infectious cases is 45%, well below from the 2005 WHO target of 70% of all cases (population 32.3 million). 

TB CAP has helped the NTP to improve TB/HIV collaborative activities and introduced the revised recording and reporting system. Kenya is one of the few countries world-wide, reporting national TB/HIV indicators that are collected through the revised recording and reporting system.

TB CAP Project Period (2005-2010)

Expected output(s)

1. High quality TA provided to NTP Kenya.

Current status

Project completed in Year 1 of TB CAP. Three TA visits conducted in June and November 2005 and August 2006.