1. SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS IN FIJI
SPECIFIC DATA
1) TB Suspects examined – Tamavua Hospital (National TB Control Centre)
Year 2001
D/Smear
Culture - 53
X-Rays

2. D/Smear - 1319 Cultures - 811 X-Rays - 956 LAUTOKA HOSPITAL
Year 2002
D/Smear
Cultures
X-Rays
LAUTOKA HOSPITAL
SPT/Microscopy:
Year

3. 2) HEALTH FACILITIES National TB Control Centre - Tamavua Hospital
Divisional Hospitals - 3
Sub-Divisional Hospitals - 16
Area Hospital : Rot. - E/Div
Matutu E/Div
Wainibokasi - C/Div

4. Health Centres
Nursing Stations
DOTS Centres
Tamavua Hospital and Lautoka Hospital
Diagnostic Centres
Tamavua & CWM Hospitals:
Pop.: 318,089 / 44,646
Northern Div “ : 166, 421
Western Div “ : 343,829

5. 3. TB CASES 2001: Forms: All types - 183 PTB - 136 Smear +ve - 74

6. Forms : All Types - 150 PTB - 111 Smear +ve - 77 “ -ve - 34 EPTB - 39
2002:
Forms : All Types
PTB
Smear +ve
“ -ve
EPTB - 39

7. TREATMENT OUTCOMES (percents)
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Cured
82.2 92
80.6
84.9
Completed
7.6
4.8
Defaulted
8.9
8.1
5.5
Failed
Died
1.3
8.2
Transferred out
1.6
1.4
Non evaluated

8. TB/HIV As from June 2002: Pop. = 814,000 Sero +ve = 100 AIDS = 15
HIV Prev. in TB Male = 61%
Cases not Female = 39%
Available/unknown Hetro Sexual = 50%
Homos = 5%
20 – 29yrs = 51%
30 – 39yrs = 27%
40 – 49yrs = 10%

9. LATEST TB INDICATORS (YEAR)
1999
2000
2001
2002
No. of new cases (all types & rate
192
185/ 22
150/ 18
No new smear positive & rate
65/21
73/9
75/9
% smear positive out of total new cases
33.8 40 50
% retreatment cases out of total new plus retreatment
% population with access to DOTS
100
DOTS cure rate 83 85
DOTS success rate 92
DOTS case detection rate
66/ 59
61/ 68

10. MORTALITY TB Mortality not readily available.
Estimate Year /100, 000

11. OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Needs a lot of improvement in country coverage, timeliness of reporting.
Problems identified:
a) Recording and reporting systems needs to be improved.
b) Modification in recording of vital statistics

12. TB CASES All types by region: DIVISION 2001 2002 Central 73 99 Eastern11 1
Western 48 25
Northern 22

13. TB CASES ALL TYPES 1986 –2002

14. TRENDS IN NOTIFICATION