Lauren Linde is a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. Lauren has experience and has previously published in areas such as infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and COVID-19, air pollution and wildfire smoke. This current research focuses on optimizing the efficiency of a mobile screening program in Lima, Peru.
In this active screening program, TB Móvil effectively identified individuals earlier in their course of TB disease compared to individuals presenting at local health facilities. Youths and young adults (aged 15-29) were disproportionately diagnosed with TB via TB Móvil, indicating them as an important subgroup among which to focus future engagement strategies. To end the TB epidemic, global efforts must prioritize active screening to reach the undiagnosed earlier and target high-risk groups more effectively.
Source: Conference 2024