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Digital Surveillance Bias as an Implementation Failure in Pediatric Tuberculosis Control: Development and Application of the Diagnostic Equity and Geographic Index in Northern Nigeria
2026-06-18
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Digital active case-finding (ACF) platforms are increasingly used to reduce tuberculosis (TB) detection gaps. However, without equity-focused implementation design, such systems risk creating digital surveillance bias systematic under-detection of vulnerable populations that misrepresents true epidemiologic burden. Methods We conducted a statewide analysis of 2024 digital A...
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- 15bcd179-1868-5337-b348-b66b83d2e267
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9086544/v1
