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Operational Manual for Scaling Up TB and Tb/HIV Care in Private Health Facilities at the Regional Level in Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and tuberculosis continue to inflict tremendous impact on both morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia today. National and international attention is now focused on providing care in both the public and private health sectors. The private health sector has grown considerably in the last few decades. It plays a major role in ambulatory care, particularly in urban areas (WHO 2000, global assessment). Nationally, it was revealed that in the 2000 Addis Ababa regional health bureau review meeting, about one third of registered TB patients who are on treatment in the public health facilities were referred from the private sector. Attempts to forge partnerships between public and private sectors in health care provision for TB and TB/HIV, if successful, could have ripple effects on other diseases.