Open AccessReaching the underserved: Active tuberculosis case finding in urban slums in southeastern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Chidubem Ogbudebe,
Joseph Chukwu,
Charles C. Nwafor,
Anthony Meka,
Ngozi Ekeke,
Nelson O. Madichie,
Moses C. Anyim,
Chijioke Osakwe,
Ugochukwu Onyeonoro,
Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja,
Daniel C. Oshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of mycobacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2212-554X
pISSN - 2212-5531
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.12.007
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , geography , socioeconomics , case finding , medicine , environmental health , sociology , pathology
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 been implemented in Nigeria despite the pervasiveness of urban slums in the country.
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