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Sustaining TB control during fiscal constraint: the role of communities

Sustaining TB control during fiscal constraint: the role of communities. Dr Nevin Wilson Regional Director, The Union South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, INDIA. Estimated TB Incidence-2010*. Estimated Global 8.8 m India 2.3 m Cases notified Globally 6.2 m India 1.5 m.

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Sustaining TB control during fiscal constraint: the role of communities

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  1. Sustaining TB control during fiscal constraint: the role of communities Dr Nevin Wilson Regional Director, The Union South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, INDIA

  2. Estimated TB Incidence-2010* • Estimated • Global • 8.8 m • India • 2.3 m • Cases notified • Globally • 6.2 m • India • 1.5 m *Source- WHO Global TB Report 2011

  3. Source: Financing tuberculosis control: the role of a global financial monitoring system. K Floyd et al. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007;85:334-340

  4. Source: WHO Global TB Report, 2011

  5. India: characteristics of TB patients in a community survey across 30 districts in 15 states Source: Knowledge, attitudes and practice: Community based baseline survey (in press)

  6. “The Public has to see itself not merely as a patient, but also an agent of change. The penalty of inaction and apathy can be illness and death” Professor AmartyaSen Keynote address to the WHA, Geneva, 1999 Bull. Of the WHO, 1999, 77(8): Health in development

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