Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and associated factors in two states in Nigeria

Objective To determine the treatment success rate among TB patients and associated factors in Anambra and Oyo, the two states with the largest burden of tuberculosis in Nigeria. Methods A health facility record review for 2016 was conducted in the two states (Anambra and Oyo). A checklist was used to extract relevant information from the records kept in each of the selected DOTS facilities to determine TB treatment success rates. Treatment success rate was defined as the proportion of new smear‐positive TB cases registered under DOTS in a given year that successfully completed treatment, whether with bacteriologic evidence of success (‘cured’) or without (‘treatment completed’). Treatment success rate was classified into good (≥85%) and poor (