Scientific Advances and the End of Tuberculosis: Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis Report
2023
This Lancet Commission report provides a comprehensive review of global progress toward ending tuberculosis. A follow-up to the 2019 Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis report, this report presents progress and challenges toward ending tuberculosis worldwide, including lessons learned from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused disruptions to tuberculosis treatment and diagnostics, and a projected increase in TB mortality. The Commission's report outlines tuberculosis diagnostics, tools, therapeutics, improved TB treatment options, and interventions for TB prevention. The Commission highlights opportunities to align pandemic response and preparedness with tuberculosis policies and reiterates its recommendations to advance progress in ending tuberculosis worldwide.
Scientific Advances and the End of Tuberculosis: Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis Report
Source:
Reid M et al. Scientific Advances and the End of Tuberculosis: a Report From the Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis. The Lancet 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01379-X.