BRAC's Tuberculosis Program in Rural Bangladesh

This case examines BRAC's expansion of its rural tuberculosis (TB) program to the urban environment of Dhaka between 2002 and 2008. The case is a sequel to BRAC's Tuberculosis Program: Pioneering DOTS Treatment for TB in Rural Bangladesh. The case provides background information about Dhaka and describes what TB services existed at the time. The case then describes the expansion of BRAC's TB program into Dhaka, and details innovations in the urban program. Students should gain an understanding of how these program modifications were a response to the specific challenges the program faced in the urban setting. The case allows an exploration of how successful health care delivery program adapt to new environments. The prequel case is also available: BRAC’s Tuberculosis Program: Pioneering Dots Treatment for TB in Rural Bangladesh.

Learning Objectives: To understand how a successful health care delivery program that is uniquely tailored to a particular setting can adapt its operations in a new environment.

The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Project, an interdisciplinary collaboration between Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, investigates the management decisions behind disease treatment and prevention globally. The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Case Collection is a set of teaching case studies that are available for all at no cost online through Harvard Business Publishing, GHDonline, and The Case Centre.

The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Case Collection is a set of teaching case studies on various dimensions of health care delivery. GHD has researched, written, taught, and published these teaching cases with accompanying guides for instructors. The cases are available for all at no cost online through Harvard Business Publishing, GHDonline, and The Case Centre.