Global Tuberculosis Control Surveillance Planning Financing - WHO Report 2005 Author:World Health Organization This series of annual reports from WHO charts progress in global TB control, focusing on the implementation and impact of DOTS, the principal strategy for managing the TB epidemic based on chemotherapy. The 2005 report, the ninth in the series, presents data on case notifications and treatment outcomes for 199 countries. It outlines plans for DO... more »TS expansion in 22 countries that carry the highest burden of disease, and sets out costs, budgets, expenditures and sources of funding. It also summarizes progress on special initiatives such as collaborations in TB and HIV/AIDS control, improvements in the laboratory network, and new projects for the management of drug-resistant TB.« less