Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: analysis of case notification and treatment-outcome data, 2008-2016

• Main Authors: Paul Aia (Author), Lungten Wangchuk (Author), Fukushi Morishita (Author), Jacob Kisomb (Author), Robin Yasi (Author), Margaret Kal (Author), Tauhid Islam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Papua New Guinea has strengthened its surveillance system for tuberculosis (TB) under the National TB Program. This paper provides an overview of TB surveillance data at the national and subnational levels from 2008 to 2016. TB case notification has consistently increased since 2008 with 6184 cases...