“We wanted to … give this huge group of young people an education in tuberculosis – and, in turn, reduce the spread of disease,” says CCP’s Olusola Adeoye.
New qualitative research conducted by the CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION project sheds light on the challenges associated with TB care.
By working closely with Nigerians, who were involved in everything from identifying the challenges to developing and implementing the solutions that were part of the project’s activities, CCP’s Breakthrough ACTION prepared government and community groups to take the project successes and build on them long into the future.
An extensive tuberculosis (TB) campaign led by CCP has contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of TB cases identified and treated.
Successful CCP-led project dramatically increased the number of TB cases identified in Nigeria, even as other nations fell behind during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results from the Check Am O! tuberculosis campaign will be presented at the virtual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 8:30 a.m. The campaign is unique because of its focus on behavioral aspects of tuberculosis rather than only on getting people treatment once they are diagnosed.
For World Tuberculosis Day, CCP’s Kanika Campbell talks with two leaders of a CCP-led campaign designed to help identify and treat more TB cases in Nigeria, which has the highest prevalence of the disease in Africa.
A successful CCP pilot program significantly increased the number of symptomatic Nigerians referred for tuberculosis testing. Now, USAID is expanding the program to reach even more Nigerians with TB.
With the ultimate aim of increasing Nigeria’s TB case detection rate, the CCP-led research team set out to put themselves in the shoes of their end users. They interviewed more than 240 people over three weeks.
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