Rangaka, Molebogeng X;
Hamada, Yohhei;
Abubakar, Ibrahim;
(2022)
Ending the tuberculosis syndemic: is COVID-19 the (in)convenient scapegoat for poor progress?
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00123-0.
(In press).
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Abstract
Tuberculosis is a syndemic. Elimination requires a syndemic approach that addresses the individual and societal vulnerabilities that determine whether we become infected, get sick, die, or get better with disability and an impact on livelihoods.1 The WHO End TB Strategy, a global initiative launched in 2015, signifies that syndemic approach. End TB outlines fundamentals required to modify determinants of ill health, promote prevention of disease and early diagnosis with prompt treatment to save lives, prevent economic hardships, and reduce transmission. Yet, even before COVID-19 emerged, we were on track to miss all targets.2 The situation is unlikely to improve without a shift in our attitude to tuberculosis elimination.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ending the tuberculosis syndemic: is COVID-19 the (in)convenient scapegoat for poor progress? |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00123-0 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00123-0 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146429 |
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