Innovation and Evidence for Achieving TB Elimination in the Asia-Pacific Region

• Other Authors: DuCros, Philipp (Editor), Hussain, Hamidah (Editor), Viney, Kerri (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; pediatric TB; verbal screening; contact tracing; resources; sputum; health promotion; operational research; indigenous population; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; household contact; screening; TB diagnosis; yield; operations research; contacts; contact investigation; MDR-TB; public-private mix model; public-private partnership; missing cases; SORT IT; TB diagnostics; laboratory methods; case detection; Xpert Ultra; STR; Bangladesh regimen; tuberculosis; post-tuberculosis morbidity and mortality; TB preventive therapy; latent TB infection; Asia Pacific; rifapentine-isoniazid; incidence; household contacts tracing; End TB; sustainable development goals; South-East Asia; Western Pacific Region; national TB program; socio-economic determinants; diabetes mellitus; TB-DM; adverse drug reactions; unfavourable outcome; lymph node TB; bone TB; TB elimination; extrapulmonary tuberculosis; private sector; intermediary agency; referral; notification; Viet Nam; active case finding; community outreach; Indonesia; key population; innovation; TB REACH; community health workers; mobile X-ray screening; TB; chest X-ray; active TB case-finding; diagnostic algorithm; n/a
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The World Health Organization's (WHO) END-TB strategy has set the world on course to climb the highest of medical mountains by 2035, with a targeted peak of reductions in TB deaths by 95%, TB cases by 90%, and no burdens of catastrophic expenses on families due to TB. Eliminating TB in the Asia...