Can high private cough syrup sales act as a proxy for missed TB notifications in TB surveillance?
We recommend a private sector-based TB surveillance system with TB screening for people who approach pharmacies for cough syrup.
Authors
- Rahul Dagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7737-5327)
- Prakash Kumar Soni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5644-5477)
- Malik Parmar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7249-938X)
- Manickam Ponnaiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-0822)
- Yashraj Saxena
- Hemant Deepak Shewade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8242-1911)
- Vaseem Naheed Baig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6166-7787)
- Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4594-1675)
- H. Abdullah
- Kausik Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6103-3115)
- S. Charan
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Goa Medical College (IN)
- Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (IN)
- Directorate of Health (IS)
- National Institute of Epidemiology (IN)
- Dr. V. M. Government Medical College (IN)
- Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Action
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.25.0033
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00