Tuberculosis is one of the major public health problems in the SAARC region with immense socio-economic impacts. Almost 50% the adult populations of this region have already been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and are at risk of developing tuberculosis disease.
BY 1996 all Member States adopted DOTS strategy, this region has been started to show success in TB control
Information at a Glance
DOTS Population Coverage (%), SAARC Member Countries:
Year
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Regional
1997
-
80
0
2.3
100
17
0
94
11
1998
-
90
100
9
100
17
8
95
18
1999
-
90
100
14
100
75
8
95
23
2000
-
92
100
30
100
84
9
64
36
2001
-
95
100
45
100
84
24
64
49
2002
-
95
100
52
100
89
45
73
57
2003
-
99
100
67
100
89
62
74
70
2004
-
99
100
90
100
100
79
88
87
2005
-
99
100
100
100
100
79
88
99.5
2006
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
98
99.5
2007
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Treatment Success Rate (%), DOTS Area, SAARC Member Countries:
Year
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Regional
1996
-
72
--
79
93
85
--
80
75
1997
-
78
85
82
95
87
67
77
79
1998
-
80
90
84
94
84
66
76
82
1999
-
81
85
82
94
84
70
84
83
2000
-
83
90
84
94
87
77
77
84
2001
-
84
93
85
97
86
78
80
86
2002
-
84
92
87
95
87
79
81
85
2003
-
85
89
86
91
88
82
81
85
2004
-
90
83
86
91
88
84
85
87
2005
-
91
87
86
85
88
87
86
87
2006
88
92
89
86
91
88
87
87
88
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Case Detection Rate (%), New SS+ Cases, SAARC Member Countries:
Year
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Regional
1997
-
25
23
34
91
53
0
71
30
1998
-
27
21
34
82
52
12
75
31
1999
-
27
24
42
106
62
5
79
49
2000
-
26
27
42
86
67
3
87
48
2001
-
28
26
47
88
69
7
86
50
2002
-
33
31
50
92
70
13
93
54
2003
-
33
32
54
92
71
18
83
54
2004
-
44
73
60
92
71
25
77
63
2005
-
59
73
61
94
70
38
86
65
2006
-
71
74
66
82
70
51
86
65
2007
71
72
69
70
89
70
68
87
70
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Case Detection Rates (2007) and Treatment OUtcome (2006) of TB Patients, SAARC Region
