Lessons from a systematic tracing process dataset annonymised

We describe lessons learned from a systematic tracing process aimed to support linkage to care for people diagnosed with TB in one health disctrict.<b> </b>We used the Western Cape Provincial Health Data Centre (PHDC), to identify persons newly diagnosed with TB (January-December 2020) who were not recorded as linked to care after routine linking efforts, in one peri-urban health sub-district in Cape Town, South Africa. We followed a systematic tracing process; we included visits to primary health care (PHC) facilities to verify linkage status for these persons and then home-based tracing for all people with no evidence of linkage at PHC level. We plotted our systematic process and used the PHDC to determine demographic, clinical characteristics, and linkage outcomes five months after the end of the process.