Latest gaps in TB screening
The recent COVID-19 pandemic
has affected the right of access to tuberculosis diagnoses, leading to an 18% drop in the number
All member states of the WHO and the
UN have committed to ending the tuberculosis epidemic by adopting the UN sustainable development
To meet the goals
of ending TB, it is very important to interrupt the chain of transmission to close the gaps in TB detection
Cost issues
weigh heavily when deciding between exceptional packages
TB. Within
Lancet Global Health, Ryan Thompson and his colleagues report on assessing
the value and
cost-effectiveness of decentralized molecular testing for tuberculosis in Uganda.
at a similar rate depending
on testing, and a modest incremental rate depending on TB prognosis and treatment initiation
should be extended
to clinics with sufficient testing extension to support a single module device.
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