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DOTS New Smear Positive Treatment Success
2006
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DOTS New Smear Positive Treatment Success
2006
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Rank Country Name  Percent 
Global 85%
1 Barbados 100%
1 Malta 100%
1 Nauru 100%
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100%
1 Tonga 100%
1 Wallis and Futuna Islands 100%
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97%
3 China 94%
3 West Bank and Gaza 94%
4 Albania 93%
4 Cambodia 93%
4 Norway 93%
5 Bangladesh 92%
5 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 92%
5 Mauritius 92%
5 Slovenia 92%
5 Viet Nam 92%
6 Algeria 91%
6 El Salvador 91%
6 Indonesia 91%
6 Maldives 91%
6 Tunisia 91%
6 Turkey 91%
7 Cuba 90%
7 Eritrea 90%
7 Guam 90%
7 Kiribati 90%
7 Lebanon 90%
7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 90%
7 Solomon Islands 90%
7 Vanuatu 90%
8 Bhutan 89%
8 New Caledonia 89%
8 Nicaragua 89%
8 Somalia 89%
9 Costa Rica 88%
9 Cyprus 88%
9 Mongolia 88%
9 Nepal 88%
9 Pakistan 88%
9 Philippines 88%
10 Egypt 87%
10 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) 87%
10 Morocco 87%
10 Portugal 87%
10 Sierra Leone 87%
10 Sri Lanka 87%
10 Uruguay 87%
11 Bahrain 86%
11 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 86%
11 Honduras 86%
11 India 86%
11 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) 86%
11 Oman 86%
11 Rwanda 86%
11 Syrian Arab Republic 86%
12 Australia 85%
12 Chile 85%
12 French Polynesia 85%
12 Kenya 85%
12 Northern Mariana Islands 85%
12 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 85%
12 Zambia 85%
13 Afghanistan 84%
13 Brunei Darussalam 84%
13 Ethiopia 84%
13 Iraq 84%
13 Myanmar 84%
13 Serbia 84%
13 Singapore 84%
13 Tajikistan 84%
13 Turkmenistan 84%
14 Bolivia 83%
14 Burundi 83%
14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 83%
14 Mozambique 83%
14 Paraguay 83%
14 Romania 83%
14 Yemen 83%
15 Haiti 82%
15 Kyrgyzstan 82%
15 Sudan 82%
15 Venezuela 82%
16 Korea (Republic of) 81%
16 Slovakia 81%
16 Uzbekistan 81%
17 Bulgaria 80%
17 Mexico 80%
17 Puerto Rico 80%
17 Saint Lucia 80%
18 Cape Verde 79%
18 Panama 79%
18 Timor Leste 79%
18 United Arab Emirates 79%
19 Djibouti 78%
19 Dominican Republic 78%
19 Kuwait 78%
19 Madagascar 78%
19 Malawi 78%
19 Peru 78%
20 Denmark 77%
20 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 77%
20 Niger 77%
20 Thailand 77%
21 Ghana 76%
21 Mali 76%
21 Namibia 76%
21 Nigeria 76%
21 Senegal 76%
22 Andorra 75%
22 Bahamas 75%
22 Georgia 75%
22 Guinea 75%
22 Marshall Islands 75%
22 Poland 75%
22 Tuvalu 75%
23 Cameroon 74%
23 Ecuador 74%
23 Israel 74%
23 Lithuania 74%
23 South Africa 74%
24 Belgium 73%
24 Burkina Faso 73%
24 Cote d'Ivoire 73%
24 Latvia 73%
24 Papua New Guinea 73%
25 Botswana 72%
25 Brazil 72%
25 Kazakhstan 72%
26 Austria 71%
26 Colombia 71%
26 Jordan 71%
27 Belarus 70%
27 New Zealand 70%
27 Uganda 70%
28 Armenia 69%
28 Czech Republic 69%
28 Qatar 69%
28 Saudi Arabia 69%
29 Estonia 68%
29 Guyana 68%
30 Togo 67%
31 Fiji 66%
31 Lesotho 66%
32 United States of America 64%
33 Argentina 63%
33 Sweden 63%
34 Moldova (Republic of) 62%
35 Azerbaijan 60%
35 Palau 60%
35 Zimbabwe 60%
36 Ukraine 59%
37 Gambia 58%
37 Russian Federation 58%
38 Canada 57%
39 Chad 54%
40 Congo 53%
40 Japan 53%
41 Dominica 50%
42 Malaysia 48%
43 Guatemala 47%
44 Gabon 46%
44 Hungary 46%
45 Swaziland 43%
46 Jamaica 41%
46 Mauritania 41%
47 Croatia 30%
48 Angola 18%
49 American Samoa NA
49 Anguilla NA
49 Antigua and Barbuda NA
49 Aruba NA
49 Belize NA
49 Benin NA
49 Bermuda NA
49 Bouvet Island NA
49 British Indian Ocean Territory NA
49 British Virgin Islands NA
49 Cayman Islands NA
49 Central African Republic NA
49 Christmas Island NA
49 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA
49 Comoros NA
49 Cook Islands NA
49 Equatorial Guinea NA
49 Faeroe Islands NA
49 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA
49 Finland NA
49 France NA
49 French Guiana NA
49 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA
49 Germany NA
49 Gibraltar NA
49 Greece NA
49 Greenland NA
49 Grenada NA
49 Guadeloupe NA
49 Guinea-Bissau NA
49 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA
49 Iceland NA
49 Ireland NA
49 Italy NA
49 Johnston Atoll NA
49 Liberia NA
49 Liechtenstein NA
49 Luxembourg NA
49 Martinique NA
49 Mayotte NA
49 Midway NA
49 Monaco NA
49 Montenegro NA
49 Montserrat NA
49 Netherlands NA
49 Netherlands Antilles NA
49 Niue NA
49 Norfolk Island NA
49 Pitcairn Island NA
49 Reunion NA
49 Saint Helena NA
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA
49 Samoa NA
49 San Marino NA
49 Sao Tome and Principe NA
49 Seychelles NA
49 Spain NA
49 Suriname NA
49 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA
49 Switzerland NA
49 Tokelau NA
49 Trinidad and Tobago NA
49 Turks and Caicos Island NA
49 United Kingdom NA
49 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA
49 Wake Island NA
49 Western Sahara NA

Notes: NA

Definitions: DOTS: Directly observed treatment, short-course, is the internationally recommended strategy to control tuberculosis (TB). DOTS programs provide an indication of the effectiveness of national TB programs in finding and diagnosing people with TB.

Smear Positive Case: The presence of TB bacteria in a patient's sputum (sample of mucus or phlegm from a patient's respiratory tract) when examined under the microscope.

DOTS Treatment Success: The percentage of new smear-positive patients that are cured (negative on sputum smear examination), plus the percentage that complete a course of treatment, without bacteriological confirmation of cure. Treatment success is an indicator of the performance of national DOTS tuberculosis (TB) control programs. In addition to the obvious benefit to individual patients, successful treatment of infectious cases of TB is essential to prevent the spread of the infection. Detecting and successfully treating a large proportion of TB cases should have an immediate impact on TB prevalence and mortality. By reducing transmission, successfully treating the majority of cases will also reduce the incidence of disease.

Sources: WHO, Global Tuberculosis Control: Epidemiology, Strategy, Financing, 2009, available at: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/index.html.