Tuberculosis control in China: use of modelling to develop targets and policies

It is unclear if current programmes in China can achieve the post-2015 global targets for tuberculosis - 50% reduction in incidence and a 75% reduction in mortality by 2025. Chinese policy-makers need to maintain the recent decline in the prevalence of tuberculosis, while revising control policies t...

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Main Authors: Hsien-Ho Lin, Lixia Wang, Hui Zhang, Yunzhou Ruan, Daniel P Chin, Christopher Dye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2015-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862015001100790&lng=en&tlng=en