Vision:
Nepal free of TB

Goal:
To reduce the mortality, morbidity and transmission of tuberculosis till it is no longer at public health problem in Nepal.

Objevtives:

• To achieve 85% treatement success rate in new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases and to achieve 70% case decection ratio ib new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases.
• Achieve universal access to high-quality diagnosis and patient-centered treatment
• Reduce the human suffering and socioeconomic burden associated with TB
• Protect poor and vulnerable populations from TB, TB/HIV and multidrug-resistant TB
• Support development of new tools and enable their timely and effective use

TB Burden in Nepal
- 45% of total population are infected with TB
- 40,000 people get TB every year
- 20,000 new sputum positive cases every year
- 5000-7000 people die each year from TB.