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ArticleIJTLD open2025

Building sustainable TB care systems: managing incentives in private sector engagement.

L Kimbo, A Rashid, E Wandwalo, E O Masini, G Stallworthy, P Heitkamp, M A Yassin

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Article in IJTLD open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

L KimboGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland.
A RashidIndependent consultant, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
E WandwaloGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland.
E O MasiniGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland.
G StallworthyThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA.
P HeitkampMcGill International TB Centre, TBPPM Learning Network, Montreal, Canada.
M A YassinGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Private sector engagement (PSE) plays a vital role in enhancing TB care. Global Fund-supported PSE activities contributed to improved TB notifications and treatment outcomes, especially where non-financial incentives were complemented by financial incentives, delivered directly or via social health insurance. Transitioning such activities to government-led health systems is essential for long-term sustainability and to end TB. Well-designed incentive strategies could ensure quality care where patients seek services. However, payment delays, administrative burdens, and donor dependency threaten sustainability. Governments need to address these challenges to transition programs into people-centered, integrated primary healthcare systems, ensuring access to training, diagnostics and program drugs.

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financial incentivesinnovative strategiesnon-financial incentivessustainabilitytuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID41246461
PMCPMC12617079

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