Modelling the impact of social protection on tuberculosis: the S-PROTECT project

• Main Authors: D. Boccia (Author), W. Rudgard (Author), S. Shrestha (Author), K. Lönnroth (Author), P. Eckhoff (Author), J. Golub (Author), M. Sanchez (Author), E. Maciel (Author), D. Rasella (Author), P. Shete (Author), D. Pedrazzoli (Author), R. Houben (Author), S. Chang (Author), D. Dowdy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tackling the social determinants of Tuberculosis (TB) through social protection is a key element of the post-2015 End TB Strategy. However, evidence informing policies are still scarce. Mathematical modelling has the potential to contribute to fill this knowledge gap, but existin...