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Table 2 GeneXpert availability in countries of South Asia as of 31st December 2016(http://apps.who.int/tb/laboratory/xpertmap/)

From: Tuberculosis in South Asia: a tide in the affairs of men

Country

No of Xpert modules procured

Total population (thousands, 2016)a

Modules per 100, 000 population

No. of Xpert cartridges procured

Afghanistan

42

34,656.03

0.12

10,770

Bangladesh

424

162,951.56

0.26

381,210

Bhutan

12

797.76

1.23

2600

India

3000

1,324,171.35

0.23

2,134,760

Maldives

4

417.49

0.96

500

Myanmar

416

52,885.22

0.79

340,370

Nepal

143

28,982.77

0.49

136,170

Pakistan

1012

193,203.48

0.52

525,500

Sri Lanka

62

21,203.00

0.29

13,100

Total

5115

1,819,268.66

0.28

n/a

  1. aSource: UN population division: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/