Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview
Throughout history, pandemics of viral infections such as HIV, Ebola and Influenza have disrupted health care systems, including the prevention and control of endemic diseases. Such disruption has resulted in an increased burden of endemic diseases in post-pandemic periods. The current coronavirus d...
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| description | Throughout history, pandemics of viral infections such as HIV, Ebola and Influenza have disrupted health care systems, including the prevention and control of endemic diseases. Such disruption has resulted in an increased burden of endemic diseases in post-pandemic periods. The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could cause severe dysfunction in the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB), the infectious disease that causes more deaths than any other, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where the burden of TB is high. The economic and health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the public health measures currently taken to stop the spread of the virus may have an impact on household TB transmission, treatment and diagnostic services, and TB prevention and control programs. Here, we provide an overview of the potential impact of COVID-19 on TB programs and disease burden, as well as possible strategies that could help to mitigate the impact. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-120f612bcc16416b89722701a0d111ff2023-11-20T07:46:51ZengMDPI AGTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease2414-63662020-07-015312310.3390/tropicalmed5030123Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An OverviewKefyalew Addis Alene0Kinley Wangdi1Archie C A Clements2Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, AustraliaDepartment of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaFaculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, AustraliaThroughout history, pandemics of viral infections such as HIV, Ebola and Influenza have disrupted health care systems, including the prevention and control of endemic diseases. Such disruption has resulted in an increased burden of endemic diseases in post-pandemic periods. The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could cause severe dysfunction in the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB), the infectious disease that causes more deaths than any other, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where the burden of TB is high. The economic and health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the public health measures currently taken to stop the spread of the virus may have an impact on household TB transmission, treatment and diagnostic services, and TB prevention and control programs. Here, we provide an overview of the potential impact of COVID-19 on TB programs and disease burden, as well as possible strategies that could help to mitigate the impact.https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/5/3/123COVID-19pandemicendemictuberculosisimpactcontrol |
| spellingShingle | Kefyalew Addis Alene Kinley Wangdi Archie C A Clements Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease COVID-19 pandemic endemic tuberculosis impact control |
| title | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview |
| title_full | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview |
| title_fullStr | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview |
| title_short | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview |
| title_sort | impact of the covid 19 pandemic on tuberculosis control an overview |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic endemic tuberculosis impact control |
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