Enhancing tuberculosis case notifications through mapping sales of medicine in the private sector: a quasi-experimental study in Punjab province, Pakistan

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 53 - 12
• Main Authors: Kirubi, Beatrice, Eman, Kinz Ul, Lodhi, Usman R., Fatima, Razia K., Kazi, Ghulam Nabi, Tahmeena, Tahmeena, Shah, Syed Karam, Creswell, Jacob
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.01.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Antitubercular Agents - economics; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Case notification; Cost reduction; Disease Notification - statistics & numerical data; Diseases; Documentation; Drug stores; Drug therapy; Drugs; Female; Health surveillance; Humans; Intervention; Male; Mapping; Medical records; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Middle Aged; Pakistan; Pakistan - epidemiology; Pharmacies; Physiological aspects; Prescribing; Private medical care; Private pharmacies; Private provider engagement (PPE); Private Sector; Profits; Prospective Studies; Quasi-experimental methods; Reporting; Sales; Sentinel health events; Testing; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - drug therapy; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Young Adult; Pakistan; Punjab Pakistan; Pakistan; Private provider engagement (PPE); Drug quantification; Mapping; Private pharmacies; Case notification; Private sector

In Pakistan, almost one-third of people who develop tuberculosis (TB) are missed by the National TB Program (NTP). A considerable number of people with TB receive treatment in the private sector but remain unnotified. This study documents the outcomes of an intervention to identify people with TB th...