Global adoption of 6-month drug-resistant TB regimens: Projected uptake by 2026.
Aashta GuptaSandeep JunejaVictor BabawaleNurov Rustam MajidovichNorbert NdjekaPhuong Thi Mai NguyenParpieva Nargiza NusratovnaDavid Robert OmanitoTiffany Tiara PakasiYana TerleevaAtyrkul ToktogonovaYasir WaheedZaw MyintZhao YanlinSuvanand SahuPublished in: PloS one (2024)
The study shows BPaL/M will be used in majority of DR-TB patients by 2024, reaching 78% by 2026. However, national efforts to scale-up, case-finding, monitoring, drug-susceptibility testing, and implementation of new treatments will be essential for ensuring they are accessible to all eligible patients in the coming years and goals for ending TB are met. There is an urgent need to engage communities in capacity building and demand generation.