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PSP Ethiopia Success Story: Expanding Public-Private Collaboration Removes Barriers to Tuberculosis Treatment

Active Tuberculosis (TB), one of Ethiopia's most infectious and potentially deadly diseases, affects an estimated 410,000 Ethiopians each year. Only a third of the country's active TB cases are currently detected and treated; yet each person with active TB who is not treated potentially infects 10 to 15 others every year. Expanding detection and treatment of active TB is an urgent health priority for Ethiopia. This success story discusses a new federal policy, the Public-Private Mix (PPM) in TB Care, that enables private health facilities in Ethiopia to respond to the TB epidemic by providing patients convenient access to quality care.