ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2025
Maximizing tuberculosis services through private provider engagement - A case study from Pakistan.
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- Can we optimise the TB response amid funding constraints using evidence-based, cost-effective strategies.IJTLD open · 2026Article
- Public-Private Partnerships in tuberculosis service delivery in Somalia: a qualitative analysis.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Improving private tuberculosis patient notifications in Akot Tuberculosis Unit of Vidarbha region of India: A Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) based approach for enhanced public health reporting.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Using Unannounced Standardized Patients to Assess the Quality of Tuberculosis Care and Antibiotic Prescribing: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Low/Middle-Income Country, Pakistan.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Health Service Contracting in the Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
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Abstract
Pakistan is the fourth highest contributor to the globally estimated 3.7 million tuberculosis (TB) cases. Due to the subpar condition of public sector facilities in Pakistan, the private sector remains the preferred choice, with over 90% of people accessing it for TB care. Aligning with the World Health Organization's (WHO) patient-centered approach, the private provider engagement program led by Mercy Corps (MC) and supported by the Global Fund has been actively engaging the private sector for over a decade in strengthening Pakistan's TB services through innovative interventions. Their public-private mix (PPM) strategies like, involving General Practitioners (GPs), large private hospitals, pharmacies, specimen transportation and mobile outreach chest camps, take an integrated approach (Fig. 1) to ensure treatment adherence, completion, and contact screening in reaching the last mile. In this paper, we present MC's contributions as a case study to elaborate on the crucial role of private provider engagement in improving overall TB care, increasing TB notifications, and addressing the urgent need to identify people with undiagnosed TB.
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