Social protection against the cost of illness is a central policy objective of Universal Health Coverage and the post-2015 Global strategy for Tuberculosis (TB). Understanding the economic burden associated with TB illness and care is key to identifying appropriate interventions towards...

Aims The study evaluates quality of care for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) provided in different public-private partnerships (PPP) and compares their performance with that of public sector providers. Methods Quality of care analysis comparing three different models of directly observed...

Despite the emphasis placed during the last two decades on public delivery of comprehensive and equitable primary care (PC) to developing country populations, coverage remains far from universal and the quality often poor. Users frequently patronise private providers, ranging from informal drug...