Tuberculosis: Countries
USAID is working in 40 priority countries to focus its resources, technical assistance, and staffing. Selection criteria for priority countries include:
- High incidence of TB (estimated incidence rates of more than 100/100,000)
- High burden of TB cases (among the list of 22 high burden countries)
- High HIV/AIDS prevalence
- High burden or prevalence of MDR-TB
- Lagging case detection and treatment success rates
The following countries have been identified as priority countries for USAID and its U.S. Government partners:
- Afghanistan, Armenia,* Azerbaijan*, Bangladesh,* Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo,* Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia,* Georgia,* Ghana, Haiti, India,* Indonesia,* Kazakhstan,* Kenya, Kyrgyzstan,* Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,* Pakistan,* Peru, Philippines,* Russia,* Senegal, South Africa,* Southern Sudan, Tajikistan,* Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,* Uzbekistan,* Zambia, Zimbabwe
Countries in bold are high-burden TB countries.
* Indicates countries that have a high burden of MDR-TB
The map above represents regions for all of GH. It is not specific to TB.
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