Active case finding in tuberculosis-affected households: time to scale up.

Wingfield, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-6887 and Verguet, Stéphane (2019) 'Active case finding in tuberculosis-affected households: time to scale up.'. Lancet Global Health, Vol 7, Issue 3, e296-e298.

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Abstract

In 2017, 10 million people developed tuberculosis, of whom approximately 4 million were not diagnosed, treated, or notified to national tuberculosis programmes (NTP).1 Of the remaining 6 million, many experienced substantial delays in accessing and receiving appropriate care.1 This unacceptable situation leads to unnecessary disability and loss of life, and impedes tuberculosis control because of onward transmission at a household and community level. To rectify these shortcomings and eliminate tuberculosis, new strategies are urgently required to enhance tuberculosis case detection.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 200 Tuberculosis (General) WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 205.1 General coverage
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30015-4
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2019 12:33
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2019 15:19
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/10225

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