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Cascade of Care for TPT
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In the cascade of care approach, all target populations (People Living with HIV (PLHIV), Household Contact persons (HHCs) and other such groups) who are at risk of developing TB disease are systematically reached out, screened for TB disease and after ruling out active TB disease, provided TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) as a part of the continuum of care.
The cascade of care approach among TPT target populations is shown in Figure 1.
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Figure 1: Cascade of TB Preventive Treatment; Source: Guidelines for Programmatic Management of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment, p3.
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Guidelines for Programmatic Management of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment in India.
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| Question | Answer 1 | Answer 2 | Answer 3 | Answer 4 | Correct answer | Correct explanation | Page id | Part of Pre-test | Part of Post-test |
| Which of the following is the correct TPT cascade of care? | Offer upfront CBNAAT to all at-risk populations, then offer TPT based on the results. | Identify at-risk populations, then offer TPT to all the people that have been identified. | Identify target populations at risk of developing TB, screen them, rule-out active TB disease, and provide TPT to eligible populations. | None of the above | 3 | The TPT cascade of care is: Identify target populations at risk of developing TB disease, screen them for TB disease, rule-out active TB disease, and provide TPT to eligible populations. | |
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