Decentralising drug-resistant TB treatment initiation services
Decentralising DR-TB services significantly reduced the diagnosis-enrolment gap and time-to-treatment initiation. Our findings provide contextual evidence for the expansion of decentralised services in Nigeria.
Authors
- Ifeyinwa L. Ezenwosu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-292X)
- Jacob Creswell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4885-940X)
- Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-0521)
- Anthony Meka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-2466)
- Sode Matiku
- Joseph Chukwu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4775-9729)
- Moses Njoku
- Beatrice Kirubi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6195-1876)
- Ngozi Murphy-Okpala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8366-8027)
- Edmund Ndudi Ossai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4098-4898)
- Ngozi Ekeke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4473-608X)
- Okechukwu Ezeakile (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4109-0447)
- Ibuchukwu N. A. Orabueze
- Chibuike Eze Nwafor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-1967)
- Osita C. Eze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-2333)
- Francis Iyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7600-4533)
Institutions
- University of Nigeria (NG)
- Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (TZ)
- Renaissance University (NG)
- Dimension Technologies (United States) (US)
- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NG)
- University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (NG)
- Ebonyi State University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IJTLD OPEN
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtldopen.25.0412
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00