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    The Effects of Tuberculosis on Youth Productivity in Promoting National Development in Kenya
    (NDU-K, 2023) Dr. Caroline Asin
    This study looked at the effects of Tuberculosis on youth productivity in promoting national development in Kenya. The study acknowledges that the youth in Kenya suffer the burden of Tuberculosis and consequently limited job opportunities. Empirical evidence for the study has been drawn from previous research, government reports and articles from various parts of the world. The study’s objectives were to investigate the effects of TB on youth productivity in promoting national development, evaluate the challenges faced in managing Tuberculosis as well as the current approaches being used to manage Tuberculosis in Kenya. The findings of this research paper were attained through cross-sectional study design. In this design, the challenges in the management of Tuberculosis amongst the youth and young adults in Kenya were investigated. The sample size was identified through the Krejicie and Morgan (1970) table which shows that when the population is over 1 million, then the sample size is 384. Further, Mugenda and Mugenda (2003) argues that sample sizes of 10 to 30 per cent are sufficient for data analysis. Therefore, this study used 15% of the sample size, which was 59 respondents. The rest, 10 respondents were caregivers, nurses and doctors from whom data was collected by use of a key informant guide. Two data collection enumerators were recruited through the TB centres and data was collected through administering digital questionnaires to the respondents. The collected data was uploaded in Kobo collect server and later exported to excel CSV file for cleaning. This was then later exported to SPSS for analysis. Descriptive statistics were generated by SPSS. The narratives were analyzed according to topics and themes. The data was presented in percentages, tables and narratives. The study found out that TB causes negative effects on the socioeconomic aspects of the youth. Some of the challenges faced in the management of TB in the youth in Kenya are poor access to health facilities, lack of income, HIV infections, substance abuse, poor housing, poverty and poor implementation of policies by the government. The study recommends awareness creation amongst the youth on the importance of adhering to TB medication and establishing sustainable partnerships with the government for implementation of policies on TB prevention and management. This study has therefore generated several recommendations. One of them is that the government should create more avenues and programs that engage the youth that are infected or affected with TB like the Kazi kwa vijana program which is specifically for the youth. The government can also introduce a program to facilitate all TB patients with finances for transport so that they do not fail to attend their clinic days. Currently, this support is only given to the MDR TB patients through donor funds yet even those patients with drug sensitive TB face several financial hardships. The study recommends awareness creation amongst the youth on the importance of adhering to TB medication and establishing sustainable partnerships with the government for implementation of policies on TB prevention and management.