Open AccessPREVALENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS, DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/TB CO-INFECTION IN ENUGU, NIGERIA.
Author(s) -
Kennethe Okonkeo Ugwu,
Martin Chiye Agbo,
Ifeoma M. Ezeonu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2505-0419
pISSN - 2006-0165
DOI - 10.21010/ajid.v15i2.5
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sputum , environmental health , local government area , public health , local government , virology , geography , pathology , archaeology
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem, with developing countries bearing the highest burden. Nigeria is first in Africa and sixth in the world among the countries with the highest TB burden, but is among the 10 countries accounting for over 70% of the global gap in TB case detection and notification. Enugu State, Nigeria reportedly has a notification gap of almost 14,000 TB cases; a situation which must be addressed.