Tuberculosis in the Western Pacific Region: Estimating the burden of disease and return on investment 2020-2030 in four countries

• Main Authors: Janne Estill (Author), Tauhid Islam (Author), Rein M.G.J. Houben (Author), Jamie Rudman (Author), Romain Ragonnet (Author), Emma S. McBryde (Author), James M. Trauer (Author), Erol Orel (Author), Anh Tuan Nguyen (Author), Kalpeshsinh Rahevar (Author), Fukushi Morishita (Author), Kyung Hyun Oh (Author), Mario C. Raviglione (Author), Olivia Keiser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We aimed to estimate the disease burden of Tuberculosis (TB) and return on investment of TB care in selected high-burden countries of the Western Pacific Region (WPR) until 2030. Methods: We projected the TB epidemic in Viet Nam and Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) 2020-2030 u...