“I Would Rather Die Drinking than take the Medicine”: Role of Alcohol Use Disorder in Loss-to-follow-up of Tuberculosis Treatment in a Rural Area of Ballabgarh, Haryana

These findings call for a change in NTEP's approach to AUD-TB. Interventions may include collecting alcohol use information at patient enrolment and closure, integrating brief interventions for alcohol cessation in NTEP, and linking patients to deaddiction centers with the provision of appropriate dietary and financial support.