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Tuberculosis management by private practitioners in Mumbai, India: has anything changed in two decades? by Udwadia, Zarir F, Pinto, Lancelot M, Uplekar, Mukund W

“…Mumbai, India. A study conducted in Mumbai two decades ago revealed the extent of inappropriate tuberculosis (TB) management practices of private…”
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WHO's new End TB Strategy by Uplekar, Mukund, Dr, Weil, Diana, MSc, Lonnroth, Knut, MD, Jaramillo, Ernesto, MD, Lienhardt, Christian, MD, Dias, Hannah Monica, MSc, Falzon, Dennis, MD, Floyd, Katherine, PhD, Gargioni, Giuliano, MD, Getahun, Haileyesus, MD, Gilpin, Christopher, MD, Glaziou, Philippe, MD, Grzemska, Malgorzata, MD, Mirzayev, Fuad, MD, Nakatani, Hiroki, MD, Raviglione, Mario, MD

“…On May 19, 2014, the 67th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted WHO's "Global strategy and targets for tuberculosis prevention, care and control after 2015"…”
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Achieving Systemic and Scalable Private Sector Engagement in Tuberculosis Care and Prevention in Asia by Wells, William A, Uplekar, Mukund, Pai, Madhukar

“…William Wells and colleagues describe opportunities for improving public-private health provider partnerships to tackle TB…”
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Beyond UHC: monitoring health and social protection coverage in the context of tuberculosis care and prevention by Lönnroth, Knut, Glaziou, Philippe, Weil, Diana, Floyd, Katherine, Uplekar, Mukund, Raviglione, Mario

“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health problem. In all societies, the disease affects the poorest individuals the worst. A new post-2015 global…”
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WHO's new Stop TB Strategy by Raviglione, Mario C, Uplekar, Mukund W

“…Government commitment, diagnosis through microscopy, standardised and supervised treatment, uninterrupted drug supply, and regular monitoring, which together…”
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Tuberculosis makes it onto the international political agenda for health…finally by Raviglione, Mario, Uplekar, Mukund, Weil, Diana, Kasaeva, Teresa

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International standards for tuberculosis care by Hopewell, Philip C, Pai, Madhukar, Maher, Dermot, Uplekar, Mukund, Raviglione, Mario C

“…Part of the reason for failing to bring about a more rapid reduction in tuberculosis incidence worldwide is the lack of effective involvement of all…”
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China tuberculosis policy at crucial crossroads: comparing the practice of different hospital and tuberculosis control collaboration models using survey data by Wei, Xiaolin, Zou, Guanyang, Walley, John, Yin, Jia, Lonnroth, Knut, Uplekar, Mukund, Wang, Weibing, Sun, Qiang

“…Currently three hospital and tuberculosis (TB) collaboration models exist in China: the dispensary model where TB has to be diagnosed and treated in TB…”
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What Can We Learn About the Processes of Regulation of Tuberculosis Medicines From the Experiences of Health Policy and System Actors in India, Tanzania, and Zambia? by Sheikh, Kabir, Uplekar, Mukund

“…The unregulated availability and irrational use of tuberculosis (TB) medicines is a major issue of public health concern globally. Governments of many low- and…”
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Provider initiated tuberculosis case finding in outpatient departments of health care facilities in Ghana: yield by screening strategy and target group by Ohene, Sally-Ann, Bonsu, Frank, Hanson-Nortey, Nii Nortey, Toonstra, Ardon, Sackey, Adelaide, Lonnroth, Knut, Uplekar, Mukund, Danso, Samuel, Mensah, George, Afutu, Felix, Klatser, Paul, Bakker, Mirjam

“…Meticulous identification and investigation of patients presenting with tuberculosis (TB) suggestive symptoms rarely happen in crowded outpatient departments…”
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The "vertical-horizontal" debates: time for the pendulum to rest (in peace)? by Uplekar, Mukund, Raviglione, Mario C

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Hard gains through soft contracts: productive engagement of private providers in tuberculosis control by Lönnroth, Knut, Uplekar, Mukund, Blanc, Léopold

“…Over the past decade, there has been a rapid increase in the number of initiatives involving "for-profit" private health care providers in national…”
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of PPM-DOTS for tuberculosis control : evidence from India by FLOYD, Katherine, ARORA, V. K, MURTHY, K. J. R, LONNROTH, Knut, SINGLA, Neeta, AKBAR, Y, ZIGNOL, Matteo, UPLEKAR, Mukund

“…To assess the cost and cost-effectiveness of the Public-Private Mix DOTS (PPM-DOTS) strategy for tuberculosis (TB) control in India. We collected data on the…”
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Rebalancing the global battle against tuberculosis by Raviglione, Mario, Uplekar, Mukund, Vincent, Cheri, Pablos-Méndez, Ariel

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Turning liabilities into resources : informal village doctors and tuberculosis control in Bangladesh by HAMID SALIM, M. A, UPLEKAR, Mukund, DARU, Paul, AUNG, Maug, DECLERCQ, E, LÖNNROTH, Knut

“…In 1998, the Damien Foundation Bangladesh invited semi-qualified, private "gram dakter" (Bangla for "village doctors") to participate in tuberculosis (TB)…”
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Public-private mix for DOTS implementation: what makes it work? by Lönnroth, Knut, Uplekar, Mukund, Arora, Vijay K, Juvekar, Sanjay, Lan, Nguyen T N, Mwaniki, David, Pathania, Vikram

“…To compare processes and outcomes of four public-private mix (PPM) projects on DOTS implementation for tuberculosis (TB) control in New Delhi, India; Ho Chi…”
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Using new TB tools: global rhetoric and ground reality by Uplekar, Mukund

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Engaging hospitals to meet tuberculosis control targets in China: using the Internet as a tool to put policy into practice by Wang, Lixia, Liu, Xiaoqiu, Huang, Fei, Hennig, Cornelia, Uplekar, Mukund, Jiang, Shiwen

“…Tuberculosis (TB) services in China are provided through a large network of TB dispensaries. Even though hospitals are not as well placed to follow recommended…”
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Invest in breaking the barriers of public-private collaboration for improved tuberculosis care by Lönnroth, Knut, Uplekar, Mukund

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Public-private mix for DOTS: demanding, but delay will only hamper TB control [Editorial] by Uplekar, Mukund W.

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