Knowledge and Preventive Practices Against Pulmonary Tuberculosis Amongst Young Adults of Randomly Selected Churches Within the Niger Delta Diocese in Rivers State, Nigeria

Global statistics from Pubmed suggests that young adults remain a significant but under-recognized population with Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). A systematic review found bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB prevalence ranging from 45 to 799 per 100,000 among adolescents and young adults in Asia-Pacific, and 160 to 462 per 100,000 in African settings. Snow, K. J., etal 2018).
Globally, it is estimated that between 1.2 and 3.0 million people aged 10–24 years develop TB each year. This highlights the fact that young adult’s age bracket accounts for a substantial portion of the global Tuberclosis (TB) burden.

A descriptive cross-sectional research design was adopted

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