This situation assessment tool enables a country or other users to gather the needed data that will serve as a basis for designing a sound plan of expanding DR-TB management, by engaging all relevant care providers.
As described in the Framework for engagement of all health-care providers in the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis, a careful country-based analysis about the current status of the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients, with a focus on all the various health-care providers, will show the way forward towards achieving the goal of universal access to quality diagnosis and treatment for all cases of TB, including DR-TB.
This situation assessment tool, as an annex of the above-mentioned framework, enables a country or other users to gather the needed data that will serve as a basis for designing a sound plan of expanding DR-TB management, by engaging all relevant care providers.
