Abstract
KNCV Nigeria implements seven key TB case-finding interventions. It was critical to evaluate the efficiency of these interventions in terms of TB yield to direct future prioritisation in the country. To compare the efficiency of active case-finding (ACF) interventions for TB in Nigeria. Data from the 2020-2022 implementing period were analysed retrospectively. Intervention efficiencies were analysed using the number needed to screen (NNS), the number needed to test (NNT) and the true screen-positive (TSP) rate. Across the interventions, 21,704,669 persons were screened for TB, 1,834,447 (8.5%) were presumed to have TB (7.7% pre-diagnostic drop-out rate) and 122,452 were diagnosed with TB (TSP rate of 7.2%). The average TSP rate of interventions that used both the WHO four-symptom screen (W4SS) and portable digital X-ray (PDX) screening algorithm was significantly higher (22.6%) than those that employed the former alone (7.0%; OR 3.9, 95% CI 3.74-3.98; P < 0.001). The average NNT for interventions with W4SS/PDX screening was 4 (range: 4-5), while that of W4SS-only screening was 14 (range: 11-22). Interventions using the PDX in addition to W4SS for TB screening were more efficient in terms of TB case yield than interventions that used symptom-based TB screening only.
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