Influencing TB policy and practice in Bangladesh using a Public-Private Mix approach

Describes how the involvement of private medical practitioners can increase case finding of infectious TB cases

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
14 March 2018
Country:
Bangladesh
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Health
First published:
2 May 2015
Authors:
Ark Foundation

Abstract

Bangladesh is among the top 10 high TB burden countries. This policy brief describes how the involvement of private medical practitioners (PMPs) can substantially increase case finding of infectious TB cases. The authors found that the 鈥榩ublic-private mix鈥� (PPM) model is highly effective in improving access to and quality of TB care in urban settings and that appropriate protocols, tools and training materials have considerably improved the quality of TB reporting.

This research is funded under the Department for International Development鈥檚 COMDIS-HSD Programme which is led by the University of Leeds

Citation

ARK Foundation (2017). Influencing TB policy and practice in Bangladesh using a Public-Private Mix approach. COMDIS-HSD Policy Brief. Leeds: COMDIS-HSD

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Published 14 March 2018
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