TB case finding in Correctional Services.
- Provision of technical advice and support to the Department of Health mass scale digital chest X-ray screening.
- Development of SOP for implementation of Digital Chest X-ray screening.
- Implementing the highest mass screening project in South Africa.
- Provision of 6 mobile digital X-ray units.
- Staffing the all mobile X-ray truck with a qualified radiographer and a mobile X-ray assistant.
- Producing high quality digital Chest x-rays images.
- Providing a PACS and cloud base server for archiving the digital Chest X-rays images.
- Providing CAD4TB system for triaging of the participants for sputum collection.
- Proving radiologist reports for the study.
- Provision of technical advice and support to the Department of Health mass scale digital chest X-ray screening.
- Participation in Department of Health technical working group committee for mass screening campaigns.
- Provision of projects report to NDoH/Global fund.
- Completed 98 000 X-rays in 18 months.
- Successfully achieving targets of 125 000 over the second grant period.
- Over 225 000 participants have been screened.
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