Tuberculosis service disruptions and adaptations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the private health sector of two urban settings in Nigeria-A mixed methods study.

• Main Authors: Charity Oga-Omenka (Author), Angelina Sassi (Author), Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez (Author), Elaine Baruwa (Author), Lauren Rosapep (Author), Benjamin Daniels (Author), Bolanle Olusola-Faleye (Author), Lavanya Huria (Author), Abdu Adamu (Author), Benjamin Johns (Author), Jishnu Das (Author), Madhukar Pai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Nigeria has the second largest share of undiagnosed TB cases in the world and a large private health sector estimated to be the point of initial care-seeking for 67% of TB patients. There is evidence that COVID-19 restrictions disrupted private healthcare provision, but insufficient data on how priv...