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
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 ‘public-private mix’ (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’s 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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