About the Authors

Razia Fatima

Affiliation National TB Control Program, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ejaz Qadeer

Affiliation National TB Control Program, Islamabad, Pakistan

Aashifa Yaqoob

aashifa.yaqoob@gmail.com

Affiliation National TB Control Program, Islamabad, Pakistan

Mahboob ul Haq

Affiliation National TB Control Program, Islamabad, Pakistan

Suman S. Majumdar

Affiliation Centre for International Health, Burnet Institute, Australia

Hemant D. Shewade

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sewagram, Wardha, India, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India

Robert Stevens

Affiliation Mott MacDonald, London, United Kingdom

Jacob Creswell

Affiliation Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Nasir Mahmood

Affiliation National TB Control Program, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ajay M. V. Kumar

Affiliations International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

Competing Interests

Author Robert Stevens is affiliated with Mott MacDonald. Mott MacDonald was contracted by Stop TB (which author Jacob Creswell is affiliated with) to provide independent monitoring and evaluation of TB REACH projects. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RF EQ AY MUH. Data curation: RF EQ AY MUH. Formal analysis: RF EQ AY MUH RS. Funding acquisition: RF EQ RS JC. Investigation: RF EQ AY MUH RS. Methodology: RF EQ AY MUH RS JC. Project administration: RF EQ AY MUH. Resources: RF EQ AY MUH RS JC. Software: RF EQ AY MUH RS. Supervision: RF EQ. Validation: RF EQ AY MUH RS. Visualization: RF EQ AY AMK MUH SSM HDS RS JC NM. Writing – original draft: RF EQ AY AMK MUH SSM HDS RS JC NM. Writing – review & editing: RF EQ AY AMK MUH SSM HDS RS JC NM.