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. 2022 Apr 22;7(5):65. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7050065

Table 2.

Overview of study population, disaggregated by type of TB population.

DS-TB 1 Population
(n = 4515)
DR-TB 2 Population
(n = 473)
Projects n (%) Bangladesh
Ethiopia
Haiti
Kyrgyzstan
Namibia
Philippines_1
Philippines_2
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Ukraine
684 (15.1)
38 (0.8)
41 (0.9)

22 (0.5)

373 (8.3)
1161 (25.7)
686 (15.2)
1351 (29.9)
159 (3.5)



122 (25.8)

109 (23.0)




242 (51.2)
DAT 3 type n (%) 99DOTS
evriMED
VOT 4
2468 (64.5)
1320 (34.5)
41 (1.1)

295 (62.4)
178 (37.6)
Sex n (%) Female
Male
Unknown
1389 (36.3)
2439 (63.7)
1 (0.0)
176 (37.2)
296 (62.6)
1 (0.2)
Age median (IQR) 5 35 (27;46) 38 (30;49)
Age categories n (%) 15–34 y/o 6
35–50 y/o
>50 y/o
1905 (49.8)
1250 (32.7)
674 (17.6)
183 (38.7)
182 (38.5)
108 (22.8)
Enrollment period n (%) First half
Second half
1944 (50.8)
1885 (49.2)
273 (57.7)
200 (42.3)
HCF 7 n 58 35
Time points n (%) Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
3829 (100)
3651 (95)
3497 (91)
3347 (87)
3189 (83)
2982 (78)
473 (100)
464 (98)
440 (93)
412 (87)
382 (81)
342 (72)
Doses taken manually registered n (%) 120,324 (21.6) 13,780 (21.9)

1 DS-TB = drug-sensitive tuberculosis; 2 DR-TB= drug-resistant TB; 3 DAT = digital adherence technology; 4 VOT = video-observed therapy; 5 IQR = interquartile range; 6 y/o = years old; 7 HCF = health care facility.