Prevalence of rifampicin resistant pulmonary tuberculosis using geneXpert assay in Ethiopia, a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis continues to be a global public health threat. Ethiopia is one of the high-burden countries for tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The estimated annual incidents of tuberculosis were 119 per 100,000 populations in 2021 and the prevalence of multi-drug resistance tuberculosis is about 0.