Facilitators and Barriers of implementation chest x- ray in systematic tuberculosis screening among clinically high - risk groups in tertiary hospitals in Addis Ababa

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent until the coronavirus pandemic. The chest x-ray was being used as a sensitive screening tool among high-risk patients to address the missed cases. Even though the minister of health recommends using chest x-ray screening algorithms in health facilities, the implementation is not successful due to multiple limiting factors.