ReviewThe European respiratory journal2016
Mandatory tuberculosis case notification in high tuberculosis-incidence countries: policy and practice.
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- Review: missed tuberculosis cases in India: a systematic analysis of diagnostic, treatment, and reporting gaps.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
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- COVID-19 and global childhood tuberculosis notifications.The Lancet. Global health · 2022Article
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- Assessment of TB underreporting by level of reporting system in Lagos, Nigeria.Public health action · 2022Article
- Undernotification and underreporting of tuberculosis in Zambia: a national data quality assessment.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- A review of mobile health interventions for public private mix in tuberculosis care.Internet interventions · 2021Review
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- Role of informal healthcare providers in tuberculosis care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2021Article
- [Comparison of the characteristics of tuberculosis cases detected by tuberculosis units by active finding and those declared passively by health professionals. Galicia 2014-2018].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2020Article
- Perceptions of the Private Sector for Creating Effective Public-Private Partnerships against Tuberculosis in Metro Manila, Philippines.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
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- Tuberculosis notification in a private tertiary care teaching hospital in South India: a mixed-methods study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Tuberculosis elimination: where are we now?European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2018Review
- The global burden of tuberculosis: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2018Article
- TB Notification from Private Health Sector in Delhi, India: Challenges Encountered by Programme Personnel and Private Health Care Providers.Tuberculosis research and treatment · 2017Article
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Abstract
Mandatory tuberculosis (TB) notification is an important policy under the End TB Strategy, but little is known about its enforcement especially in high TB incidence countries. We undertook a literature search for selected high-incidence countries, followed by a questionnaire-based survey among key informants in countries with high-, intermediate- and low-TB incidence. Published literature on TB notification in high-incidence countries was limited, but it did illustrate some of the current barriers to notification and the importance of electronic systems to facilitate reporting by private providers. Required survey data were successfully gathered from 40 out of 54 countries contacted. TB is notifiable in 11 out of 15 high-incidence countries, all 16 intermediate-incidence countries, and all nine low-incidence countries contacted. TB case notification by public sector facilities is generally systematised, but few high-incidence countries had systems and tools to facilitate notification from private care providers. In the context of the new End TB Strategy aimed at eventual TB elimination, all countries should have TB on their national list of notifiable diseases. Enhancing the ease of notification by private providers is essential for effective implementation. To that effect, investing in strengthening disease surveillance systems and introducing digital tools to simplify notification are logical ways forward.
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