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Assessment Of Tuberculosis Underreporting By Level Of Reporting System In Lagos, Nigeria, Mustapha Gidado
Assessment Of Tuberculosis Underreporting By Level Of Reporting System In Lagos, Nigeria, Mustapha Gidado
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease. Unfortunately, 4.1 million cases were missed in 2017 globally, and Nigeria contributes 9% of the missing TB cases. At least 73% of the estimated TB cases in Nigeria were not reported in 2017 to the National TB Program (NTP); therefore, the true burden of TB was not certain, and this affected planning for prevention and control of TB. This quantitative secondary data analysis (NTP Lagos TB Inventory study database) guided by the integrated behavioral model assessed TB underreporting based on the TB reporting process in Nigeria. …