Box 11.2WHO End TB Strategy

Integrated, patient-centered care and prevention

  • Early diagnosis of tuberculosis, including universal drug-susceptibility testing and systematic screening of contacts and high-risk groups
  • Treatment of all people with tuberculosis, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, and patient support
  • Collaborative tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS activities and management of comorbidities
  • Preventive treatment of persons at high risk and vaccination against tuberculosis.

Bold policies and supportive systems

  • Political commitment with adequate resources for tuberculosis care and prevention
  • Engagement of communities, civil society organizations, and public and private care providers
  • Universal health coverage policy and regulatory frameworks for case notification, vital registration, quality and rational use of medicines, and infection control
  • Social protection, poverty alleviation, and actions on other determinants of tuberculosis.

Intensified research and innovation

  • Discovery, development, and rapid uptake of new tools, interventions, and strategies
  • Research to optimize implementation and impact and to promote innovations.

Source: WHO 2015a, 2015c.

From: Chapter 11, Tuberculosis

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