Improving TB Case Detection Through Active Case-Finding: Results of Multiple Intervention Strategies in Hard-to-Reach Riverine Areas of Southern Nigeria

Joseph N. Chukwu; Cosmas Kenan Onah; Edmund Ndudi Ossai; Charles C. Nwafor; Chukwuka Alphonsus; Okechukwu E. Ezeakile; Ngozi Murphy-Okpala; Chinwe C. Eze; Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro; Anthony Meka; Martin I. Njoku; Francis S. Iyama; Ngozi Ekeke

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00164

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vol. 12 no. 1 e2300164

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00164

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38290754

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Global Health: Science and Practice

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2169-575X

History

Received: June 5, 2023
Accepted: January 8, 2024
Published online February 28, 2024.

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Joseph N. Chukwu^a,
Cosmas Kenan Onah^b ⇑,
Edmund Ndudi Ossai^c,
Charles C. Nwafor^a,
Chukwuka Alphonsus^a,
Okechukwu E. Ezeakile^a,
Ngozi Murphy-Okpala^a,
Chinwe C. Eze^a,
Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro^d,
Anthony Meka^a,
Martin I. Njoku^a,
Francis S. Iyama^a,
Ngozi Ekeke^a

^aGerman Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Enugu, Nigeria.
^bDepartment of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
^cDepartment of Community Medicine, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
^dNational Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Program, Abuja, Nigeria.