A United Effort to Make Bangladesh Cities Tuberculosis Free

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A United Effort to Make Bangladesh Cities Tuberculosis Free

In February 2019, the Bangladesh National Tuberculosis Program and its implementing partners approved the Action Plan for Strategic Roadmap for Zero TB Cities Bangladesh (ZTBCB), which identifies key actions to be taken between 2019 and 2020 for the Government of Bangladesh to achieve its target of halving the urban TB incidence rate by 2025. This policy brief outlines ZTBCB’s approaches, strategies and recommendations for reducing TB in urban areas of Bangladesh.