Table 1.

Pre- and post-programme values in relation to implementation of decentralization model that occurred in the 4th quarter of 2007

	Pre-implementation	Post-implementation
No. specimens collected at MRL	9.1	23.5
No. re-treatment cases in catchment area	1629	1765
% Re-treatment cases completing DST in catchment area	24.7	32.5*
No. of MDR-TB cases identified in catchment area	5	10
Turnaround time (weeks) of MRL-accessioned specimens	N/A	11.7

^*P < 0.001.