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45. Comment by Salehuddin Ahmed, BRAC University, Daily Star roundtable meeting, Dhaka, December
13, 2005.
46. Comment by Rev. Sanan Wutti, The Church of Christ in Thailand, Public Health Watch roundtable
meeting, Chiang Mai, December 9, 2005.
47. Interview with Attapon Cheepsattayakorn, director, 10th Zonal TB and Chest Disease Center, December
8, 2005.
48. Comment by Pruthi Israngkul Na Ayudya, director, Health Center 21, Bangkok, Public Health Watch
roundtable meeting, Bangkok, December 6, 2005.
49. Interviews with TB patients and clinic staff in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, and Brasilia,
November 2005–March 2006.
50. Comment by Rosemary Adu, National Reference Laboratory, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
(NIMR), JAAIDS media roundtable meeting, Lagos, March 19, 2005.
51. Available at www.who.int/hiv/pub/tb/tbhiv/en/ (accessed May 25, 2006).
52. “To enable them to adhere to treatment, TB patients need support and care that is sensitive to
their needs. In practice it means providing a treatment partner or supporter acceptable to patients
to reinforce their motivation to continue treatment and counter the tendency of some to interrupt
treatment.” WHO, “The Five Elements of DOTS,” available at www.who.int/tb/dots/whatisdots/en/
index2.html (accessed on May 17, 2006).
53. Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury, executive director, BRAC, Daily Star roundtable meeting, Dhaka, December
13, 2005.
54. Presentation by Jamillah Mwanjisi, Public Health Watch researcher and director of Mediabank, Global
Health Council panel discussion, Washington D.C., March 2006.
55. Interview with shastho shebika in the Dhamrai region, December 14, 2005.
56. A Mustaque, R Chowdhury, Sadia Chowdhury, Akramul Islam et al, “Control of tuberculosis by
community health workers in Bangladesh,” The Lancet, Vol. 350, July 19, 1997, pp.169–72. BRAC’s 2004
annual report notes a treatment success rate for new patients of 89 percent. BRAC Annual Report,
2004, p. 49.
57. Md. Akramul Islam, AMR Chowdhury, J. Patrick Vaughan et al, “Cost-effectiveness of community health
workers in tuberculosis control in Bangladesh,” Bulletin of WHO, 2002; 80 (6) pp. 445–450.
58. Interview with assistant district TB and leprosy coordinator, Kilombero, February 2005.
59. Interview with assistant district TB and leprosy coordinator, Kilombero, February 2005.
60. Interview with male TB patient, Kilombero, February 2005.
61. E. Wandwalo, B. Robberstad, and O. Morkve, “Cost and cost-effectiveness of community-based and
health facility based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,” Cost
Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2005.
62. Interview with health workers, Ifakara, February 2005.
63. Interview with NTP consultant to the Bureau of AIDS, TB and STIs, October 3, 2005.
64. Group discussion with village health volunteers in Mae Sod District, Tak province, January 26, 2005.
65. Comment by Sumalee Amarinsangpen, Office of Disease Prevention and Control Region 10, Public
Health Watch roundtable meeting, Chiang Mai, December 9, 2006.
66. Comment by Afsan Chowdhury, Public Health Watch researcher and director of advocacy, BRAC/
Public Health Watch roundtable meeting, December 12, 2005.
67. Comment by Jutatip Chaisakul, Health Development Networks, roundtable meeting, Chiang Mai,
December 9, 2005.
68. Comments by participants in Public Health Watch roundtable meetings, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and
Brasilia, March 28, 30, and 31, 2006.
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