Lives saved by tuberculosis control and prospects for achieving the 2015 global target for reducing tuberculosis mortality

Lives saved by tuberculosis control and prospects for achieving the 2015 global target for reducing tuberculosis mortality

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the global target of halving tuberculosis (TB) mortality between 1990 and 2015 can be achieved and to conduct the first global assessment of the lives saved by the DOTS/Stop TB Strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO). METHODS: Mortality from TB since 1990 was est...

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Main Authors: Philippe Glaziou, Katherine Floyd, Eline L Korenromp, Charalambos Sismanidis, Ana L Bierrenbach, Brian G Williams, Rifat Atun, Mario Raviglione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2011-08-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000800010&lng=en&tlng=en

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