Operational Research to Inform Programmatic Approaches to the Management of Tuberculosis in Uzbekistan

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 23;18(23):12308. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312308.

Jamshid Gadoev¹, Anthony D Harries^{2

3}, Oleksandr Korotych⁴, Ajay M V Kumar^{2

5

6}, Andrei Dadu⁴, Lianne Kuppens¹, Nargiza Parpieva⁷, Barno Abdusamatova⁸, Askar Yedilbayev⁴, Masoud Dara⁴

¹ World Health Organization Country Office in Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100100, Uzbekistan.
² International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75006 Paris, France.
³ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
⁴ World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Office, New Delhi 110016, India.
⁶ Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru 575018, India.
⁷ Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Center Phthisiology and Pulmonology, Tashkent 100086, Uzbekistan.
⁸ Ministry of Health of Republic of Uzbekistan, Main Department of Protection of Maternity and Childhood, Tashkent 100011, Uzbekistan.

Abstract

Globally, an estimated 10 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2019, a number that has been declining very slowly in recent years [...].

Keywords: SORT IT; SORT-TB; Uzbekistan; drug-resistant tuberculosis; operational research; tuberculosis.