Nauman Safdar.
MDR-TB in Pakistan: A challenge in hand.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;53(3):54-5.

Pakistan ranks 5th, amongst the 22 high TB burden countries, and 27 high multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB burden countries in the world1. Currently the country is facing a challenge of growing number of MDR-TB cases annually, whereas low case enrolment is also seen. In 2013, from an estimated 12997 drug resistant TB incident cases, only 1570(13%) were enrolled for treatment. Despite this low number, the public health significance of MDR-TB is still high because of economic and social costs associated with this type of TB disease.

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