Additional funding required for diabetes care in TB patients using estimated TB incidence 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.