Fig. 2

Geographical coverage of studies published between 2008 and 2018 included in this systematic review of delayed diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. The 30-high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries which have been designated by the World Health Organization are outlined in black. Of them, countries with studies presenting various types of delay are categorized by the various colors. For example, countries shaded in green had studies presenting both patient and health system delay, and those with diagonal strips presented total delay too. Some of the high TB burden countries shaded in grey had no studies identified here or lacked key outcome data. The table on the left represents the TB incidence per 100,000 population of high TB burden countries in 2019. Rows shaded in grey represent countries that were not included in this review either due to data unavailability or lack of key outcome data