Summary Background The post-2015 End TB Strategy proposes targets of 50% reduction in
tuberculosis incidence and 75% reduction in mortality from tuberculosis by 2025. We aimed …

Background In the context of WHO's End TB strategy, there is a need to focus future control
efforts on those interventions and innovations that would be most effective in accelerating …

Summary Background The post-2015 End TB Strategy sets global targets of reducing
tuberculosis incidence by 50% and mortality by 75% by 2025. We aimed to assess resource …

BACKGROUND: Global tuberculosis (TB) targets were set as part of the World Health
Organization's End TB Strategy (2016–2035) and the Sustainable Development Goals …

Global Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Progress Toward Meeting Global Targets —
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Background The economic burden on households affected by tuberculosis through costs to
patients can be catastrophic. WHO's End TB Strategy recognises and aims to eliminate …

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

Background An understanding of the trends in tuberculosis incidence, prevalence, and
mortality is crucial to tracking of the success of tuberculosis control programmes and …

ContextThe United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are stimulating more
rigorous evaluations of the impact of DOTS (the WHO-recommended approach to …

Background WHO advocates the use of directly observed treatment with a short-course drug
regimen as part of the DOTS strategy, but the potential effect of this strategy worldwide has …