According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan, with an estimated 510,000 new TB cases emerging each year and approximately 15,000 developing drug-resistant TB cases every year, is ranked fifth among the highest TB burden countries worldwide, and it accounts for 61% of the TB burden in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. The country is also estimated to have the fourth highest multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) prevalence globally.
The installed base of Delft Imaging solutions in Pakistan covers 69 mobile MAC X-ray systems, 104 Delft Light portable X-ray systems and over 267 sites using CAD4TB. Over the years, over 4 million people have been screened with the CAD4TB software, making Pakistan the world’s largest CAD for TB project.
For more information on our activities in Pakistan, please visit our flagship project page.
