Reaching the underserved: Active tuberculosis case finding in urban slums in southeastern Nigeria

Reaching the underserved: Active tuberculosis case finding in urban slums in southeastern Nigeria

Background: Nigeria ranks 10th among 22 high TB burden countries with low TB case detection that relies on passive case finding. Although there is increasing body of evidence that active case finding (ACF) has improved TB case finding in urban slums in some parts of the world, this strategy had not...

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Main Authors: Chidubem L Ogbudebe, Joseph N Chukwu, Charles C Nwafor, Anthony O Meka, Ngozi Ekeke, Nelson O Madichie, Moses C Anyim, Chijioke Osakwe, Ugochukwu Onyeonoro, Kingsley N Ukwaja, Daniel C Oshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Urban slums
Screening
Epidemiology
Active case finding
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2015;volume=4;issue=1;spage=18;epage=24;aulast=Ogbudebe

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