TB Management

TB Risk Groups

Who is at risk for TB?

It is estimated that up to 10% of people infected with M. tuberculosis will develop active TB in their lifetime. About one-quarter of the world’s population has a TB infection. The vast majority have no signs or symptoms of TB disease and are not infectious, although they are at risk of developing active TB disease and becoming infectious.

Who is at risk for TB - infographic

The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting TB testing services

International efforts have succeeded in slowing the COVID-19 pandemic, but responding to COVID-19 has also forced disruption of TB control programs around the globe. Such disruption has reversed a decade of progress against TB, with a recent report released by Stop TB suggesting the potential for an additional 1.4 million tuberculosis deaths by 2025, due to COVID-19-related disruption to TB prevention services (2).

Finding ways to integrate TB and COVID-19 care programs

Dr. Alistair Story, from London’s Find&Treat mobile health service discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the service and how the lessons learned through years of running the service has helped it to manage the additional burden of COVID-19.

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References:
  1. World Health Organization. (2020) WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331170/9789240001503-eng.pdf
  2. Stop TB Partnership in collaboration with Imperial College, Avenir Health, Johns Hopkins University and USAID. The potential impact of the COVID-19 response on tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a modeling analysis.

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