Background Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a major
public health problem as patients can be infectious and also may develop a multi-drug …

Introduction: Pakistan ranks fifth in the globally estimated burden of tuberculosis (TB) case
incidence. Annually, a gap of 241,688 patients with TB exists between estimated TB …

To improve tuberculosis (TB) care among individuals attending a private tertiary care
hospital in Vietnam, an innovative private sector engagement model was implemented from …

Objectives This study aimed to assess the practices of private practitioners regarding
tuberculosis (TB), and to ascertain factors related to the low contribution of private …

Background Patients' loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis treatment and care is a
growing worry in Ethiopia. But, available information is inadequate in assessing the time to …

In many high TB burden countries with enormous private-sector presence, up to 60–80% of
the initial health-seeking behavior occurs in the private sector when people fall sick. Private …

Objective To assess the impact of Public-Private Mix (PPM) models for Tuberculosis (TB)
diagnosis and treatment on health, process, and system outcomes within urban contexts of …

TB remains one of the world's top infectious killers, responsible for more than 1.4 million
deaths in 2019. An estimated 10 million people fell ill with TB worldwide in 2019, and up to a …

Introduction: while there are many studies assessing the pre-treatment loss to follow-up
(LFU) among tuberculosis patients in public sector, there is no evidence from private-for …

Of the estimated 10.4 million tuberculosis (TB) patients in 2015, 4.3 million were either not
diagnosed or not notified to national TB programmes (NTP). 1 This means that a staggering …