Despite the availability of effective chemotherapy, tuberculosis (TB) killed 1.3 million people
in 2012. Alongside HIV, it remains a top cause of death from an infectious disease. Global …

Tuberculosis (TB) was the underlying cause of 1.3 million deaths among human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative people in 2016, exceeding the global number of …

Rapid expansion of the standardised approach to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment that
is recommended by WHO allowed more than 36 million people to be cured between 1995 …

Despite India's impressive economic performance after the introduction of economic reforms
in the 1990s, progress in advancing the health status of Indians has been slow and uneven …

Part of the reason for failing to bring about a more rapid reduction in tuberculosis incidence
worldwide is the lack of effective involvement of all practitioners—public and private—in the …

Objectives To document how out‐of‐pocket health expenditure can lead to debt in a poor
rural area in Cambodia. Methods After a dengue epidemic, 72 households with a dengue …

MDR Tuberculosis — Critical Steps for Prevention and Control | New England Journal of Medicine
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With 1.4 million deaths in 2011 and 8.7 million new cases, tuberculosis (TB) disease
remains a global scourge. Global targets for reductions in the epidemiological burden of TB …

In 1992, less than 20 countries were implementing a sound TB control strategy. At the same
time, TB was being resurrected as a major public health problem world-wide after two …

Abstract During 1993-2003, incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States decreased
44% and is now occurring at a historic low level (14,874 cases in 2003). The Advisory …