Tuberculosis (TB) remains as a public health problem in Nepal, as it is responsible for ill health among thousands of people each year. TB also ranks as the sixth leading cause of death in the country. During this reporting year, NTP registered 34,121 TB cases. Among them 15,655 ( 46% ) were new smear positive TB cases, 2,202 (6%) were smear positive retreatment cases, 6,686 (20%) were sputum smear negative and 8,966 (26%) were extra‐pulmonary TB cases. Out of total registered cases in NTP, there were 12,300 (36%) female and 21,821 (64%) male. According to the latest WHO data published in May 2014, tuberculosis deaths in Nepal reached 5,506 . This is 3.5% of total deaths. The age adjusted death rate is 27.80 per 100,000 of population. This ranks Nepal as 43 in the world. The majority of TB cases and deaths occur among men, the burden of disease among women seems si...