Operational research to strengthen tuberculosis control in the Americas
This paper examines TB in the Americas
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be an important global health problem, despite significant progress since the declaration of TB as a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Mortality has declined by 45% since then, with annual decreases of incidence and an estimated 37 million lives saved between 2000 and 2013. Countries have made a considerable effort to achieve the 2015 global targets related to TB within the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Stop TB Strategy. In spite of this, an estimated 9 million people developed TB in 2013, of whom 360 000 cases were co-infected with HIV and 1.5 million died from the disease
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Francisco Becerra-Posada, Marcos A. Espinal, John Reeder (2016) Operational research to strengthen tuberculosis control in the Americas. SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online
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Operational research to strengthen tuberculosis control in the Americas