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The impact of COVID-19 and the restoration of tuberculosis services in the Western Pacific Region

Chiang CY 1 , Islam T 2 , Xu C 3 , Chinnayah T 4 , Garfin AMC 5 , Rahevar K 2 Show all authors , Raviglione M 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
  • 2 End TB and Leprosy Unit, Division of Programmes for Disease Control, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines
  • 3 National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
  • 4 Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Sector, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Health, Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Manila, Philippines
  • 6 Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Eur Respir J, 2020 Oct;56(4).
PMID: 32978310 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.03054-2020

Abstract

While COVID-19 has imposed great challenges to national tuberculosis programmes, it has also created opportunities to develop innovative strategies to ensure continuity of TB services and ultimately to strengthen TB care, prevention and control https://bit.ly/3bHDQx0

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