Recently, the possibility of modifying some of these definitions was discussed [5,6]. This statement document aims to determine the core requirements of treatment outcome definitions to serve programmatic and clinical purposes and to avoid confusion with newly proposed definitions designed for different purposes. While historically multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB outcome definitions were developed by the research community and adopted by programmes, we now need definitions for programmes which allow rapid evaluation and scale-up of treatment services.
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