Prevalence of Rifampicin resistance tuberculosis among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Egypt-2021: a national health facility-based survey.

"Declarations Ethical considerationsThe survey was approved by the research and ethics committees at MOHP (FWA00016183. NO: 14-2021/11). Patients were invited to participate in the survey and those who volunteered were required to provide informed consent prior to enrolment (The official MOHP form was used). Confidentiality of patients’ information was maintained all through the survey. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Conflict of InterestWe declare that potential conflict of interest does not exist. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of Interest We declare that potential conflict of interest does not exist. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This survey was funded by UNDP-Egypt under the number (2021-UNDP-115586-12). The funder had no role in study design, data collection, interpretation of the results and decision to publish the survey’ result. Open access funding provided by The Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB)."