Table 2.
The impact of armed conflict on TB notification
| Author | Measure | Conflict-affected | Comparison | Difference |
| Increase in TB notification | ||||
| Drobniewski et al (2000)18 | Total cases over 3 years | 351 008 | 317 614 | 33 394 |
| M’Boussa et al (2002)22 | Cases/year (median) | 4517 (1997–2000) | 3080 (1992–1996) | 1473 |
| Martins et al (2006)23 | Cases/year (median) | 3216 (1999–2004) | 916 (1997 and 1998) | 2300 |
| Ahmadzai et al (2008)16 | Cases/year (median) | 15 803 (2002–2005) | 9261 (2001) | 6542 |
| Daix et al (2013)25 | Cases/year (median) | 1104 (2001), 1290 (2002–2008) | 10 854 (2001), 12 063 (2002–2008) | −9750 (2001), 10 773 (2002–2008) |
| Pembi et al (2020)24 | Cases/year (median) | 2948 (2013–2016) | 2900 (2010–2012) | 48 |
| Decrease in TB notification | ||||
| Hassanain et al (2018)21 | Total cases (notification rate) in two geographic areas (2003–2014) | 22 953 (37 and 3 per 100 000 for new and retreatment cases, respectively) | 45 850 (88 and 4.5 per 100 000 for new and retreatment cases, respectively) | −22,897 (−51 and −1.5 per 100 000 for new and retreatment cases, respectively) |
| Desta et al (2018)17 | Cases/year (median) | 2523 (2001–2003) | 5486 (2004–2013) | −2963 |
| Abbara et al (2020)15 | Cases/year (median)* | 21 per 100 000 (2012 and 2017) | 23 per 100 000 (2010) | −2 per 100 000 |
*Incidence.
TB, tuberculosis.