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ReviewBMJ global health2020

Ending TB in Southeast Asia: current resources are not enough.

Vineet Bhatia, Rahul Srivastava, K Srikanth Reddy, Mukta Sharma, Partha Pratim Mandal, Natasha Chhabra, Shubhi Jhalani, Sandip Mandal, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Tjandra Yoga Aditama and 1 more

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Review in BMJ global health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A model for the epidemiological impact of tuberculosis policy options.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2026
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  3. From DOTS to DOST: a new framework for TB elimination in India.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2026
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  5. ThemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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  15. Childhood Tuberculosis: An Under Prioritized Disease in Nepal.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2021
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  17. Management of Portal Hypertension.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Vineet BhatiaDepartment of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India.
Rahul SrivastavaDepartment of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India.
K Srikanth ReddyBruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Mukta SharmaDepartment of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India.
Partha Pratim MandalDepartment of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India.
Natasha ChhabraDepartment of Sociology, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Shubhi JhalaniKnowledge Centre, Indian Institute of Management Shillong, Shillong, India.
Sandip MandalTranslational Global Health Policy Research Cell, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Nimalan ArinaminpathySchool of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Tjandra Yoga AditamaDepartment of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India.
Swarup SarkarDepartment of Health Research, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9487-1955

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R015600/1World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Southeast Asia Region continues to battle tuberculosis (TB) as one of its most severe health and development challenges. Unless there is a substantial increase in investments for TB prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment, there will be catastrophic effects for the region. The uncontrolled TB burden impacts socioeconomic development and increase of drug resistance in the region. Based on epidemiological inputs from a mathematical model, a costing analysis estimates that the desired targets of ending TB are achievable with additional interventions, and critical thresholds require an increase in spending by almost double the current levels. The data source for financial allocation to TB programmes is the report submitted by countries to WHO, while projections are based on modelling. The model accounts for funding needs for all strategies based on published data and accounts for programme and patient costs. This paper delineates the resource needs, availability and gaps of ending TB in the region. It is estimated that close to US$2 billion per year are needed in the region for TB-related activities for a meaningful bending of the incidence curve towards ending TB.

Indexed as

Disease EradicationHealth ResourcesTuberculosisAsia, SoutheasternHumansend TB targetsresource needssoutheast Asia regiontuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID32201625
PMCPMC7059409

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