Active screening for tuberculosis among slum dwellers in selected urban slums of Puducherry, South India

295 Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health | Jul-Aug 2016 | Vol 9 | Issue 4 Dear Sir, The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) “End TB Strategy” advocates for active case finding activities to have 90% tuberculosis (TB) case detection by 2030. [1] WHO recommends for active screening among household TB contacts, health care workers, people with diabetes, migrants and prisoners, and people in urban slums based on systematic review.[2,3] The review also recommends for local evidence on active screening in the recommended groups to enable policymakers to develop country specific active screening guidelines. [3,4] With an estimated 1 million missing TB cases in India, there is a need for determining yield, feasibility, and cost effectiveness of active case finding activities among the recommended high‐risk groups.[5] In this study, we aimed to assess the feasibility and yield of active screening among urban slum dwellers.