Figure 1. Timeline of milestones in the standardization of practices related to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Brazil. Ribeirão Preto, 2019. PNCT/MS: Plano Nacional de Controle da Tuberculose/Ministério da Saúde (Brazilian National Tuberculosis Control Program/Brazilian National Ministry of Health); TB: tuberculosis; MDR-TB: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; ESP: epidemiological surveillance program; MSH: Management Sciences for Health; ESG: epidemiological surveillance guide; SITE-TB: Sistema de Informação de Tratamentos Especiais da Tuberculose (Brazilian Database of Special Treatments for Tuberculosis); and RMT: rapid molecular test(ing).