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Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

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FIGURE 1.1 Sixteen annual WHO reports on TB in 15 years, 1997–20111997: First report:epidemiology andsurveillance2002: Added fi nancing andstrategy for 22 high-burdencountries (HBCs)2003: Financingand strategy(all countries)July 2009: Online data collection introducedDecember 2009: Short update to 2009 report in transitionto earlier reporting of data and report publicationBOX 1.4Data collected in WHO’s 2012 round of global TB data collectionData were requested on the following topics: TB case notifi cations and treatment outcomes, including breakdowns by case type, age, sex,HIV status and drug resistance status; an overview of services for the diagnosis and treatment of TB; laboratory diagnostic services; drugmanagement; monitoring and evaluation; surveillance and surveys of drug-resistant TB; management of drug-resistant TB; collaborativeTB/HIV activities; TB infection control; engagement of all care providers in TB control; the budgets of national TB control programmes(NTPs) in 2012 and 2013; utilization of general health services (hospitalization and outpatient visits) during treatment; and NTPexpenditures in 2011. A shortened version of the online questionnaire was used for high-income countries (that is, countries with a grossnational income per capita of ≥US$ 12 475 in 2011, as defi ned by the World Bank) 1 and/or low-incidence countries (defi ned as countrieswith an incidence rate of

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