Regional and National Trends in Tuberculosis Research in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Countries: Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Machine Learning Factorial Analysis.

There is a poor output of scientific publication on TB in most SAARC countries. However, it is recognized that India has produced the highest number of scientific publications. The detection of undiagnosed post-COVID-19 pandemic TB cases is crucial to control further cases in the region. An effective regional cooperation should be established among institutions, universities, and countries to achieve the World Health Organization End TB goals.