Introduction Private sector healthcare delivery in low-and middle-income countries is
sometimes argued to be more efficient, accountable, and sustainable than public sector …

Background Private practitioners are the preferred first point of care in a majority of low and
middle-income countries and in this position, best placed for the surveillance of diseases …

BACKGROUND: The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) in Pakistan has
officially achieved a tuberculosis (TB) case detection rate of 64% in 2011, with an estimated …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a notifiable disease by the Communicable Disease Control Law in
Taiwan. Several measures have been undertaken to improve reporting of TB but the …

SETTING: Most countries endemic and highly endemic for tuberculosis (TB) still do not have
reliable TB surveillance systems. Indirect estimation of TB incidence is needed to monitor …

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is defined as Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infection that is resistant to isoniazid, rifampin, any fluoroquinolone, and any injectable drug …

Background: Epidemiological information on tuberculosis (TB) is required to plan control
and prevention strategies and to inform service delivery systems. The aim of present study …

BACKGROUND: The global target for tuberculosis (TB) control set by the Millennium
Development Goals is a decrease in TB incidence by 2015. Direct measurement of country …

BACKGROUND: Reliable surveillance is essential for any tuberculosis (TB) control
programme; however, under-registration of TB cases due to under-notification of patients on …

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is one of the major problems in clinical practice. The aim of this
study was to evaluate the rate of all diagnosed tuberculosis cases among those urban …