Zambia

Participating institutions

  • Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

Lead investigator

  • Monde Muyoyeta, MBChB, PhD

Cohort enrollment capacity

  • Adults with presumptive TB
  • People living with HIV
  • Prisoners
Estimates of TB burden, 2019
Number Rate per 100,000 population
Total TB incidence 59,000 (39,000 – 85,000) 333 (216 – 474)
HIV-positive TB incidence 28,000 (18,000 – 39,000) 154 (100 – 220)
MDR/RR-TB incidence 2,700 (1,400 – 4,300) 15 (7.9 – 24)
HIV-negative TB mortality 5,900 (3,500 – 9,000) 33 (20 – 50)
HIV-positive TB mortality 9,500 (6,100 – 14,000) 53 (34 – 76)

Full WHO TB country profile