Research Article
Analyzing Policymaking for Tuberculosis Control in Nigeria
Table 1
Summary description of parameters of the model fitted to Nigeria data (2000-2015).
| Parameter | Parameter description | Values () | Source |
| | Birth rate in S class | Constant | NA | | Death rate in S | 0.012 | calibrated | | Death rate in | 0.146 | calibrated | | Death rate in | 0.146 | calibrated | | Death rate in | 0.01 | calibrated | | Death rate in LTBI | 0.0108 | calibrated | | Contact rate of sick population | 3.54 | calibrated | | Movement rate in LTBI population | | calibrated | | Probability of developing active TB | | derived | | Notification rate | 0.16 | [35] | | Reduced probability for sick individuals in | 0.78 | calibrated | | Recovery rate | | [35] | | Inverse TB clearance rate | | calibrated | | Relapse rate | 0.20 | [35] | | Death rate in | 0.008 | calibrated | | Inverse of diagnosis delay time | | [11] | | Probability component for active TB | 0.001035 | calibrated | | Probability component for active TB | -0.0152 | calibrated | | Probability component for active TB | 0.06 | calibrated | | Effective TB treatment rate | 0.80 | [35] |
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