The Growing Burden of Tuberculosis

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Authors

Elizabeth L. Corbett

Catherine Watt · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Neff Walker · United Nations

Dermot Maher · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Brian Williams · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Mario Raviǵlione · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Christopher Dye · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Abstract

The HIV pandemic presents a massive challenge to global TB control. The prevention of HIV and TB, the extension of WHO DOTS programs, and a focused effort to control HIV-related TB in areas of high HIV prevalence are matters of great urgency.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine

Volume 163, Issue 9, pp. 1009-1009

DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.9.1009

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