About the Authors

Shanta Achanta

AchantaS@rntcp.org

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India

Ajay M. V. Kumar

Affiliations Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India, Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Sharath Burugina Nagaraja

Affiliations Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India, Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Jyoti Jaju

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India

Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao

Affiliation State TB Cell, Directorate of Health Services, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Ramakrishna Uppaluri

Affiliation Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Prevention and Control Society, Directorate of Health Services, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh, India

Rama Rao Tekumalla

Affiliation District TB Centre, Directorate of Health Services, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Devesh Gupta

Affiliation Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Ashok Kumar

Affiliation Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Srinath Satyanarayana

Affiliation International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India

Puneet K. Dewan

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to India, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA SBN JJ AMVK PKD. Performed the experiments: SA SBN RRT. Analyzed the data: AMVK SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA AMVK SBN. Wrote the paper: SA AMVK. Provided comments and input to revise manuscript: SBN JJ RU AK SRMS DG SS PKD.