Washington, Reynold
Potty, Rajaram Subramanian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-143X
Rajesham, A.
Seenappa, T.
Singarajipura, Anil
Swamickan, Reuben
Shah, Amar
Prakash, K. H.
Kar, Arin
Kumaraswamy, Karthikeyan
Prarthana, B. S.
Maryala, Bala Krishna
Sushma, J.
Dasari, Ramesh
Shetty, Bharath
Panibatla, Vikas
Mohan, H. L.
Becker, Marissa
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development (AID-386-A-16-00005)
Article History
Received: 6 February 2020
Accepted: 14 July 2020
First Online: 24 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The State TB office and local NTEP officials in the two states provided regulatory approval for access to Nikshay data and to interview patients and conduct follow-up visits. The Institutional Ethics Committee of St John’s Medical College and Hospital provided the ethics approval for program data review and analysis. Oral informed consent was taken from all the participants. The data used for the analysis was collected as a part of the programme, wherein patients verbal consent was obtained for recording the details as well as for follow-up visits.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.