TY - JOUR T1 - Ending TB in Southeast Asia: current resources are not enough JF - BMJ Global Health JO - BMJ Global Health DO - 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002073 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - e002073 AU - Vineet Bhatia AU - Rahul Srivastava AU - K Srikanth Reddy AU - Mukta Sharma AU - Partha Pratim Mandal AU - Natasha Chhabra AU - Shubhi Jhalani AU - Sandip Mandal AU - Nimalan Arinaminpathy AU - Tjandra Yoga Aditama AU - Swarup Sarkar Y1 - 2020/03/01 UR - http://gh.bmj.com/content/5/3/e002073.abstract N2 - The Southeast Asia Region continues to battle tuberculosis (TB) as one of its most severe health and development challenges. Unless there is a substantial increase in investments for TB prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment, there will be catastrophic effects for the region. The uncontrolled TB burden impacts socioeconomic development and increase of drug resistance in the region. Based on epidemiological inputs from a mathematical model, a costing analysis estimates that the desired targets of ending TB are achievable with additional interventions, and critical thresholds require an increase in spending by almost double the current levels. The data source for financial allocation to TB programmes is the report submitted by countries to WHO, while projections are based on modelling. The model accounts for funding needs for all strategies based on published data and accounts for programme and patient costs. This paper delineates the resource needs, availability and gaps of ending TB in the region. It is estimated that close to US$2 billion per year are needed in the region for TB-related activities for a meaningful bending of the incidence curve towards ending TB. ER -