Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of recurrent tuberculosis in Tanzania from 2018 to 2021 using the National TB dataset

Belinda J. Njiro; Riziki Kisonga; Catherine Joachim; Galus Alfredy Sililo; Emmanuel Nkiligi; Latifat Ibisomi; Tobias Chirwa; Joel Msafiri Francis

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011968

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Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of recurrent tuberculosis in Tanzania from 2018 to 2021 using the National TB dataset

Belinda J. Njiro ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: belindaj.njiro@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-0643

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Riziki Kisonga,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Catherine Joachim,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Programs and Health Systems Strengthening, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Galus Alfredy Sililo,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Emmanuel Nkiligi,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Latifat Ibisomi,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria
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Tobias Chirwa,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Joel Msafiri Francis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of recurrent tuberculosis in Tanzania from 2018 to 2021 using the National TB dataset

Belinda J. Njiro,
Riziki Kisonga,
Catherine Joachim,
Galus Alfredy Sililo,
Emmanuel Nkiligi,
Latifat Ibisomi,
Tobias Chirwa,
Joel Msafiri Francis

Published: February 15, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011968

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