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ArticleGlobal health action2026

Sustained reduction in program-reported TB death rate in six districts following Tamil Nadu

Asha Frederick, S Ganapathy, S Karunakaran, R Sudhakar, Zufire Hassan Mohamed Khan, R Saravanan, M Balasubramaniam, R Srinivasan, Dilsadh Kabir, Suseendar Shanmugasundaram and 9 more

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19 authors.

Asha FrederickState TB Cell, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0004-2131-601X
S GanapathyDirectorate of Medical and Rural Health Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.
S KarunakaranDirectorate of Medical and Rural Health Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.
R SudhakarDirectorate of Medical and Rural Health Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.
Zufire Hassan Mohamed KhanDirectorate of Medical and Rural Health Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.
R SaravananDirectorate of Medical and Rural Health Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.
M BalasubramaniamDirectorate of Medical and Rural Health Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0006-4599-8443
R SrinivasanDivision of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3240-0116
Dilsadh KabirDivision of Health Systems Research, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0000-9870-9621
Suseendar ShanmugasundaramDivision of Health Systems Research, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6903-2030
R VijayaprabhaDivision of Health Systems Research, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0003-4915-9266
K GayathriDivision of ICMR School of Public Health, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0000-0398-9406
A JeyakumarDivision of ICMR School of Public Health, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5140-7810
Jeen M MelfhaDivision of Health Systems Research, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0006-6468-3973
S Kiran PradeepDivision of Health Systems Research, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0597-7174
Prabhadevi RavichandranDivision of Health Systems Research, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9221-2251
K RambhaState TB Cell, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0008-2398-6710
M EraivanState TB Cell, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India.ORCID 0009-0007-5770-8797
Hemant Deepak ShewadeDivision of Health Systems Research, ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8242-1911

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reducing TB deaths is one of the three targets for ending TB. Tamil Nadu

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TuberculosisAdultFemaleHumansIndiaMaleDifferentiated TB careInpatient caremortality ratesevere illnessTriage

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