Executive summary Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented, and cured. Rapid, sustained
declines in tuberculosis deaths in many countries during the past 50 years provide …

Great progress has been made over the past half-century, but TB remains a formidable
global health problem, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Understanding the …

The WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 2: screening–systematic
screening for tuberculosis disease is an updated and consolidated summary of WHO …

Background Routine services for tuberculosis (TB) are being disrupted by stringent
lockdowns against the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. We sought to estimate the potential long …

Background Although a preventable and treatable disease, tuberculosis causes more than a
million deaths each year. As countries work towards achieving the Sustainable …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization has set ambitious targets for the global
elimination of tuberculosis. However, these targets will not be achieved at the current rate of …

Background Although household contacts of patients with tuberculosis are known to be
particularly vulnerable to tuberculosis, the published evidence focused on this group at high …

Background Whole genome sequencing provides better delineation of transmission clusters
in Mycobacterium tuberculosis than traditional methods. However, its ability to reveal …

Diagnosing and treating latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) is recognized by the World
Health Organization as an important strategy to accelerate the decline in global TB and …

The care cascade—which evaluates outcomes across stages of patient engagement in a
health system—is an important framework for assessing quality of tuberculosis (TB) care. In …