As reported by NPR Goats and Soda, health systems’ response to COVID-19 globally will likely set back TB elimination efforts by a decade or more. AA&D Board Member Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee and colleagues at the Stop TB Partnership, Harvard Medical School, and Socios En Salud in Peru describe how responses to the pandemic have precipitated restricted access to TB diagnosis and treatment while increasing the risk of TB transmission.
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