TY - JOUR
KW - Anti-HIV Agents
KW - Antitubercular Agents
KW - Coinfection
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
KW - Directly Observed Therapy
KW - Disease Notification
KW - HIV Infections
KW - Hospitals, Proprietary
KW - Hospitals, Voluntary
KW - Humans
KW - Interinstitutional Relations
KW - Nigeria
KW - Practice Patterns, Physicians'
KW - Private Sector
KW - Public health
KW - Public-Private Sector Partnerships
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
KW - Tuberculosis
KW - Urban Health Services
AU - Daniel O J
AU - Adedeji Adejumo O
AU - Abdur-Razzaq H A
AU - Ngozi Adejumo E
AU - Salako A A
AB - <p><b>SETTING: </b>Private and public tuberculosis (TB) treatment centres in Lagos State, Nigeria.</p><p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>To assess the contribution of private health care providers to TB and TB-HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) case finding in Lagos State.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>A retrospective review of programme data submitted to the Lagos State TB and Leprosy Control Programme in 2011 by public, private for-profit (PFP) and private not-for-profit (PNFP) health care providers.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>A total of 8425 TB cases were notified by 31 private (11 PFP and 20 PNFP) and 99 public health facilities in Lagos State. Overall, the private facilities were responsible for 10.3% (866/8425) of the total TB cases notified. The proportion of TB patients tested for HIV was respectively 86.2%, 53.1% and 96.5% among public, PFP and PNFP facilities. Overall, 22.4% of the TB patients were HIV-positive. The HIV positivity rate among public, PFP and PNFP facilities was respectively 23.8%, 7.8% and 9.9%. Uptake of cotrimoxazole preventive therapy was respectively 69.6%, 25% and 38.2% among public, PFP and PNFP facilities, while that of antiretroviral therapy was respectively 23.8%, 8.3% and 9.1% in public, PFP and PNFP facilities.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>There is a need to scale up collaboration with the private sector, and particularly PNFP health providers.</p>
BT - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23928168?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2013 Sep
DO - 10.5588/ijtld.12.0759
IS - 9
J2 - Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p><b>SETTING: </b>Private and public tuberculosis (TB) treatment centres in Lagos State, Nigeria.</p><p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>To assess the contribution of private health care providers to TB and TB-HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) case finding in Lagos State.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>A retrospective review of programme data submitted to the Lagos State TB and Leprosy Control Programme in 2011 by public, private for-profit (PFP) and private not-for-profit (PNFP) health care providers.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>A total of 8425 TB cases were notified by 31 private (11 PFP and 20 PNFP) and 99 public health facilities in Lagos State. Overall, the private facilities were responsible for 10.3% (866/8425) of the total TB cases notified. The proportion of TB patients tested for HIV was respectively 86.2%, 53.1% and 96.5% among public, PFP and PNFP facilities. Overall, 22.4% of the TB patients were HIV-positive. The HIV positivity rate among public, PFP and PNFP facilities was respectively 23.8%, 7.8% and 9.9%. Uptake of cotrimoxazole preventive therapy was respectively 69.6%, 25% and 38.2% among public, PFP and PNFP facilities, while that of antiretroviral therapy was respectively 23.8%, 8.3% and 9.1% in public, PFP and PNFP facilities.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>There is a need to scale up collaboration with the private sector, and particularly PNFP health providers.</p>
PY - 2013
SP - 1195
EP - 8
T2 - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
TI - Public-private mix for TB and TB-HIV care in Lagos, Nigeria.
VL - 17
SN - 1815-7920
ER -