Additional funding required for diabetes care in TB patients using actual number of TB cases diagnosed in Africa and South East Asia.

aAs reported in the 2011 WHO Global Tuberculosis Control report [1].bUsing a yield of additional cases of diabetes per active TB case screened ranging from 1.9% to 35% [27].cUsing as an approximation of direct cost of diabetes care per patient per year a figure of $138 for sub-Saharan Africa (based on estimates from Tanzania [20]) and of US$149 for South East Asia (based on estimates from India [21]), for a duration of 6 months.dSub-Saharan African Region.eSouth East Asian Region.