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Indicator name:
Tuberculosis treatment coverage for all forms of tuberculosis
Short name:
TB treatment coverage
Topic:
Health service coverage
Rationale:
It provides an indication of the effectiveness of national tuberculosis (TB) programmes in finding, diagnosing and treating people with TB.   WHO does not recommend that countries set specific targets for TB treatment coverage  for all forms of TB because the denominator (estimated number of incident TB cases during a calendar year) is not directly measureable and there is thus considerable uncertainty about its true value.
Definition:
Number of new and relapse TB cases that were notified and treated in a given year, divided by the estimated number of incident TB cases in the same year, expressed as a percentage.
Method of estimation:
  The number of new and relapse TB cases that were notified and treated in a given year, divided by the estimated number of incident TB cases for the same year, expressed as a percentage. Uncertainty bounds are provided in addition to best estimates. For more information, see Annex 1 of  the WHO global tuberculosis report. 
Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates:
Estimates are also produced at global level, for WHO regions and for World Bank Income Groups. For methodology, see Annex 1 of the WHO global tuberculosis control report.
Preferred data sources:
Surveillance systems; All references to Kosovo should be understood to be in the context of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)
Facility registers and other program monitoring tools
Facility reporting system
Unit of Measure:
Percent
Unit Multiplier:
Not Applicable
Expected frequency of data dissemination:
Annual
Expected frequency of data collection:
Annual
Comments:
This indicator was previously known as the "TB case detection rate".  The name was changed in 2016.
Contact person email:
tbdata@who.int
Name:
TB data enquiries
IMRID:
1422
Links:
WHO TB data
Global tuberculosis control report
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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