Tuberculosis service disruptions and adaptations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the private health sector of two urban settings in Nigeria-A mixed methods study.

Tuberculosis service disruptions and adaptations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the private health sector of two urban settings in Nigeria-A mixed methods study.

Nigeria has the second largest share of undiagnosed TB cases in the world and a large private health sector estimated to be the point of initial care-seeking for 67% of TB patients. There is evidence that COVID-19 restrictions disrupted private healthcare provision, but insufficient data on how priv...

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Main Authors: Charity Oga-Omenka, Angelina Sassi, Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, Elaine Baruwa, Lauren Rosapep, Benjamin Daniels, Bolanle Olusola-Faleye, Lavanya Huria, Abdu Adamu, Benjamin Johns, Jishnu Das, Madhukar Pai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001618

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001618

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