About the Authors

Madhavi Pothukuchi

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sharath Burugina Nagaraja

Affiliation WHO-RNTCP Technical Assistance Project, Andhra Pradesh, India

Santosha Kelamane

Affiliation WHO-RNTCP Technical Assistance Project, Andhra Pradesh, India

Srinath Satyanarayana

ssrinath@theunion.org

Affiliation Center for Operations Research, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, New Delhi, India

Shashidhar

Affiliation District Tuberculosis Centre, Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sai Babu

Affiliation State TB Office, Directorate of Health, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India

Puneet Dewan

Affiliation Office of the WHO Representative in India, World Health Organization, New Delhi, India

Fraser Wares

Affiliation Office of the WHO Representative in India, World Health Organization, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP SBN SK SS. Performed the experiments: MP SBN. Analyzed the data: MP SBN SK SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP SBN SK SS. Wrote the paper: MP SBN SK SS S SB PKD FW.