Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Brazil: Is the WHO End TB Strategy at Risk?

• Main Authors: Mariana do Rosário Souza (Author), Wandklebson Silva da Paz (Author), Vinícius Barbosa dos Santos Sales (Author), Gleidson Felipe Hilario de Jesus (Author), Débora dos Santos Tavares (Author), Shirley V. M. Almeida Lima (Author), Álvaro Francisco Lopes Sousa (Author), Enaldo Vieira de Melo (Author), Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo (Author), Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza (Author), Márcio Bezerra-Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the "post-2015 End TB strategy", that aims to end the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2030. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted global public health and the strict measures to control the coronavirus sp...