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. 2021 Aug 27;39:279. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.279.28028

Table 2.

staffing, TB diagnostic services and record keeping in CBHFs

Category % of facilities (n=118)
Staffing % having positions filled
Medical officer 49.1
Clinicians/Health Officers 52.1
Nurses 60.2
Pharmaceutical personnel 60.2
Lab technicians 69.5
TB services % offering TB services
TB counseling and testing 67.5
TB referral 70.1
First line TB drugs 57.3
Second line TB drugs 23.1
TB treatment 58.1
TB diagnosis 48.7
ART services 42.7
Acid-fast Bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy 41.9
Gene Xpert 17.9
X-ray services 13.7
Culture for diagnosis 6.8
Drug susceptibility testing (DST) 6.0
TB recording and reporting tools % utilizing presumptive registers
Presumptive TB registers 45.7
TB referral and counter referral slip/forms 52.6
Lab TB registers 54.3
TB registers 56.9
OPD registers 90.5
Monthly reporting forms 91.4

CBHFs=Cross-border Health Facilities