Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis Among Community Health Workers in Nigeria

Improving TB Case Finding Using Community Involvement to Increase Uptake of Services in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202010691865364

Enrollment

356

Registered

2020-10-14

Start date

2019-03-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Tuberculosis

Interventions

Training

Cash Incentives

Control

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All Community Health workers identified in the catchment clusters, including Patent Medicine Vendors and Community Health Extension Workers(CHEWs) Adults in the Households in the catchment cluster

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All non consenting Community Health Workers

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of presumptive cases of TB referred to health facilities and Case detection rate for TB	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Proportion of community members with improved knowledge of Tuberculosis 2. Proportion of Community Health Workers with improved knowledge of TB post intervention 3. Proportion of Community Health Workers with sustained increased referral of Presumptive cases post intervention 6months and one year	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactIdongesit Umoh

Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist

idongesitumoh@uniuyo.edu.ng+23480660060577

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026