Tuberculosis control needs a complete and patient-centric solution

Whether it is mobile phone service or vacation travel, good businesses know that success depends on providing a complete and customer-centric solution. Should patients with tuberculosis not be offered a complete solution that is patient-centred? After all, millions are affected1WHOGlobal tuberculosis control: WHO report 2013. World Health Organization, Geneva2013Google Scholar and a large market at the base-of-the-pyramid remains unserved. A complete and patient-centric solution will not only include care that meets the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care,2TB CARE IInternational standards for tuberculosis care. 3rd edn. TB CARE I, The Hague2014http://istcweb.org/Google Scholar but also be delivered with dignity and compassion, grounded in the reality of patients' lives as they navigate the long pathway from symptoms to cure. Such solution-based innovation requires…