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Peter Taylor and Daniella Toale share their thoughts on some of the questions that emerged from the COVID CIRCLE (UKCDR) and Covid Collective joint webinar.
New findings on the support and barriers to combat TB in high-burden countries
Nine out of ten cases of tuberculosis appear in 30 identified low and middle-income countries, each of which has a national tuberculosis programme. The managers of these programmes agree that it is important to screen for tuberculosis outside of health facilities. However, each screening programme must have its own well-considered, sustainable strategy and sufficient resources for it to be meaningful - which is not always the case today. This is one conclusion drawn by Olivia Biermann s forthcoming thesis.
At a global level, tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the deadliest infection diseases, affecting an estimated 10 million people every year, primarily people living in poverty in low and middle-income countries. Roughly 90 percent of cases occur in 30 identified countries, including India, Vietnam and South Africa. However, nearly a third of those infected - 2.9 million people - receive neither a diagno