Global reporting on tuberculosis preventive treatment among contacts

Eur Respir J. 2022 Mar 24;59(3):2102753. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02753-2021. Print 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Country reports to WHO show low TB preventive treatment (TPT) coverage in contacts of people with TB, below global targets. More efforts are needed to find and evaluate TB contacts, help them access better regimens and complete TPT. https://bit.ly/3sp0FA3

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Contact Tracing*
  • Humans
  • Latent Tuberculosis* / epidemiology
  • Latent Tuberculosis* / prevention & control