Prevalence of tuberculosis and multidrug resistant tuberculosis in the Middle East Region

Introduction: Prevalence of TB and MDR-TB varies considerably among various regions of World Health Organization (WHO) and also among individual countries within each region. Many Middle Eastern countries have war/civil war-like situations, refugees from war-torn countries or dynamic expatriate population from TB endemic countries which will likely affect the END-TB strategy launched by the WHO in 2015.Areas covered: The data for each of 17...