Bangladesh TB Epidemiological Review

Bangladesh TB epidemiological review conducted in August 2018 was on another exciting mission for Dr. Francis Mhimbira working with WHO Bangladesh and the TB Program. TB epidemiological review focuses on assessing the robustness of the TB surveillance system to capture all diagnosed TB patients and given effective TB treatment. In addition, TB epidemiological reviews helps to understand the effects of interventions in improving TB care and treatment. The Ministry of Health and TB program in Bangladesh are continuously enforcing the mandatory of TB notification since 2014 to ensure all TB cases are by law need to be notified. But also, NTP and partners have designed a mobile application called Janao (http://notifytb.icddrb.org/) for the private practitioners to improve TB notification. Very impressive innovation indeed which ensures no one is left behind (all TB cases diagnosed needs to notified and have effective TB treatment).