Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Reaching the global tuberculosis control targets in the Western Pacific Region

Pieter van Maaren, Bernard Tomas, Philippe Glaziou, Takeshi Kasai, Dongil Ahn

Volume 85, Number 5, May 2007, 360-363

Table 1. Case detection rate and treatment success rate by country, 2005

Country/country groups Case detection rate (%) Treatment success ratea (%)
Cambodia 66 91
China 80 94
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 68 86
Mongolia 82 88
Papua New Guinea 21 65
Philippines 75 87
Viet Nam 84 93
Pacific island countries and areas 65 92
Western Pacific Region 76 91

a Treatment outcome for 2004 cohort.