Objective To evaluate the impact of socioeconomic support on tuberculosis preventive
therapy initiation in household contacts of tuberculosis patients and on treatment success in …

Background. Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer.
We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian …

Background Contacts of tuberculosis index cases are at increased risk of developing
tuberculosis. Screening, preventive therapy, and surveillance for tuberculosis are underused …

The End TB Strategy mandates that no tuberculosis (TB)-affected households face catastrophic
costs due to TB. However, evidence is limited to evaluate socioeconomic support to …

Leave no one behind. This is the overarching pledge of the Sustainable Development
Goals; a pledge that is far from being realised. In 2016, more than 4 million people with …

Poverty drives tuberculosis (TB) rates but the approach to TB control has been disproportionately
biomedical. In 2015, the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy explicitly …

Background Active case-finding among contacts of patients with tuberculosis is a global health
priority, but the effects of active versus passive case-finding are poorly characterised. We …

Background The epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness of social protection and
biomedical interventions for tuberculosis-affected households might be improved by risk …

Background Cash transfers are key interventions in the World Health Organisation’s post-2015
global TB policy. However, evidence guiding TB-specific cash transfer implementation is …

In this review, we discuss considerations and successful models for providing decentralized
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention services for children and adolescents. Key approaches …