Pakistan: Making TB a notifiable disease

A new legislation is on the anvil to declare tuberculosis (TB) as a notifiable disease in Pakistan. When passed, the “Tuberculosis Notification Act, 2012” would make it mandatory on all registered medical and traditional practitioners, registered hakims, healthcare providers, pathological laboratories, educational institutions, industrial concerns, mines, jails, madrasas, refugee camps, councilors, tribal heads, maliks, lumbardars, appointed and hereditary community representatives to notify District EDO Health of a confirmed or suspected TB case in accordance with the set procedures.