Best practices for the care of pregnant people living with TB
METHODS: Following a systematic review of the literature and the input of a global team of health professionals, a series of best practices for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of TB during pregnancy were developed.
RESULTS: Best practices were developed for each of the following areas: 1) screening and diagnosis; 2) reproductive health services and family planning; 3) treatment of drug-susceptible TB; 4) treatment of rifampicin-resistant/multidrug-resistant TB; 5) compassionate infection control practices; 6) feeding considerations; 7) counseling and support; 8) treatment of TB infection/TB preventive therapy; and 9) research considerations.
CONCLUSION: Effective strategies for the care of pregnant people across the TB spectrum are readily achievable and will greatly improve the lives and health of this under-served population.
Keywords: best practice; pregnancy; prevention; support; treatment; tuberculosis
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Boston, MA, USA 2: HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research Unit (HIDRU), South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa 3: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, UK, and the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda 4: Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa 5: Boston College Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA 6: Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA 7: Treatment Action Group, New York, NY, USA 8: Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA 9: Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa 10: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Global Health Committee, Boston, MA, USA 11: Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa 12: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA 13: Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan 14: Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Publication date: May 1, 2023
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