WHO_UCN_TB_2020_1_6

Children aged ≥ 5 years, adolescents and adults who are household contacts of people
with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB who are found not to have active TB by an
appropriate clinical evaluation or according to national guidelines may be given TB preventive
treatment.

WHO_UCN_TB_2020_1_5

Children aged < 5 years who are household contacts of people with bacteriologically
confirmed pulmonary TB and who are found not to have active TB on an appropriate clinical
evaluation or according to national guidelines should be given TB preventive treatment even
if LTBI testing is unavailable.

WHO_UCN_TB_2020_1_3

Children aged ≥ 12 months living with HIV who are considered unlikely to have active TB
on an appropriate clinical evaluation or according to national guidelines should be offered TB
preventive treatment as part of a comprehensive package of HIV prevention and care if they live
in a setting with high TB transmission, regardless of contact with TB.

WHO_UCN_TB_2020_1_2

Infants aged < 12 months living with HIV who are in contact with a person with TB and who
are unlikely to have active TB on an appropriate clinical evaluation or according to national
guidelines should receive TB preventive treatment.