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hls-4796	Shrivastava, Saurabh R.; Shrivastava, Prateek S.; Ramasamy, Jegadeesh	Advocating contribution of private sector in fighting tuberculosis in India	2014	1	.pdf	application/pdf	663	35	42	The disease has reached enor- mous proportions in the country because of the favorable environmental attributes, weak public health care delivery system and limited involvement of all stakeholders.2,3 The private sector plays a crucial role in the Indian set-up as almost three-fourth of the country’s population utilize private sector for their health related ailments preferentially.2 In-fact, for India to accomplish the Millennium Development Goal no. 6, the key strategy will be to include private sector within the existing strategies.4 Thus, to build linkages with the private sector and other health care establish- ments, the Revised National TB Control Program (RNTCP) has initiated multiple schemes, namely TB advocacy, communica- tion, and social mobilization scheme; sputum collection center scheme; sputum pick-up and transport service scheme; designated microscopy-cum-treatment center scheme; laboratory technician scheme; culture and drug sensitivity testing scheme; treatment adherence scheme; slum scheme; TB unit scheme; and TB-HIV scheme, to promote the involvement of private sector.4,5 [page 55] Advocating contribution of private sector in fighting tuberculosis in India Saurabh R. Shrivastava, Prateek S. Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram, India Dear Editor, The global tuberculosis (TB) report revealed that in the year 2013, almost 11.7 million new cases of TB have been reported, of which India accounts for more than a quarter.1 Similar trends have been suggested even for drug resistant TB.1	cache/hls-4796.pdf	txt/hls-4796.txt