Global Tuberculosis Control: Toward the 2015 Targets and Beyond
| Autor: | Mario C. Raviglione, Emilio Dirlikov, Fabio Scano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Coinfection business.industry Public health Mortality rate General Medicine Global Health medicine.disease Malnutrition Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Social protection Environmental health Tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant Prevalence Internal Medicine medicine Global health Humans Public Health business Socioeconomic status |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Internal Medicine. 163:52-58 |
| ISSN: | 1539-3704 0003-4819 |
| DOI: | 10.7326/m14-2210 |
| Popis: | Since 1990, progress has been made toward global tuberculosis (TB) control, as measured by targets set for 2015. However, TB remains a major threat to health around the world. In 2013, there were an estimated 11 million prevalent cases, and an estimated 9.0 million incident cases occurred globally. Approximately 1.5 million deaths were caused by TB, including 360,000 among people living with HIV. Substantial challenges threaten future control efforts. These include multidrug-resistant forms and co-infection with HIV, as well as other factors, such as the increased prominence of noncommunicable diseases and adverse socioeconomic conditions. Beyond 2015, TB control must be seen as both a public health imperative unto itself and a vital component of economic development plans. To that end, control strategies should exploit technical and operational innovations to improve TB control and care and should promote universal health coverage and social protection mechanisms to expand access to essential prevention, diagnostics, and treatment services while avoiding catastrophic costs incurred by patients. |
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