Priority Activities in Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis to Close the Policy-Practice Gap in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Over the past 15 years, and despite many difficulties, significant progress has been made to advance child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) care. Despite increasing availability of safe and effective treatment and prevention options, TB remains a global health priority as a major cause of child and adolescent morbidity and mortality-over one and a half million children and adolescents develop TB each year. A history of the global public health perspective on child and adolescent TB is followed by 12 narratives detailing challenges and progress in 19 TB endemic low and middle-income countries. Overarching challenges include: under-detection and under-reporting of child and adolescent TB; poor implementation and reporting of contact investigation and TB preventive treatment services; the need for health systems strengthening to deliver effective, decentralized services; and lack of integration between TB programs and child health services. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant negative impact on case detection and treatment outcomes. Child and adolescent TB working groups can address country-specific challenges to close the policy-practice gaps by developing and supporting decentral ized models of care, strengthening clinical and laboratory diagnosis, including of multidrug-resistant TB, providing recommended options for treatment of disease and infection, and forging strong collaborations across relevant health sectors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) - 11(2022), 2 vom: 01. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

du Preez, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Gabardo, Betina Mendez Alcântara [VerfasserIn]
Kabra, Sushil K [VerfasserIn]
Triasih, Rina [VerfasserIn]
Lestari, Trisasi [VerfasserIn]
Kal, Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Tsogt, Bazarragchaa [VerfasserIn]
Dorj, Gantsetseg [VerfasserIn]
Purev, Enkhtsetseg [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Thu Anh [VerfasserIn]
Naidoo, Lenny [VerfasserIn]
Mvusi, Lindiwe [VerfasserIn]
Schaaf, Hendrik Simon [VerfasserIn]
Hesseling, Anneke C [VerfasserIn]
de Oliveira Rossoni, Andrea Maciel [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho, Anna Cristina Calçada [VerfasserIn]
Cardoso, Claudete Aparecida Araújo [VerfasserIn]
Sant'Anna, Clemax Couto [VerfasserIn]
Orti, Danielle Gomes Dell' [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Fernanda Dockhorn [VerfasserIn]
Vega, Liliana Romero [VerfasserIn]
Sant'Anna, Maria de Fátima Pombo [VerfasserIn]
Hoa, Nguyen Binh [VerfasserIn]
Phuc, Phan Huu [VerfasserIn]
Fiogbe, Attannon Arnauld [VerfasserIn]
Affolabi, Dissou [VerfasserIn]
Badoum, Gisèle [VerfasserIn]
Ouédraogo, Abdoul Risgou [VerfasserIn]
Saouadogo, Tandaogo [VerfasserIn]
Combary, Adjima [VerfasserIn]
Kuate Kuate, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Prudence, Bisso Ngono Annie [VerfasserIn]
Magassouba, Aboubakar Sidiki [VerfasserIn]
Bangoura, Adama Marie [VerfasserIn]
Soumana, Alphazazi [VerfasserIn]
Hermana, Georges [VerfasserIn]
Gando, Hervé [VerfasserIn]
Fall, Nafissatou [VerfasserIn]
Gning, Barnabé [VerfasserIn]
Dogo, Mohammed Fall [VerfasserIn]
Mbitikon, Olivia [VerfasserIn]
Deffense, Manon [VerfasserIn]
Zimba, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Chabala, Chishala [VerfasserIn]
Sekadde, Moorine Penninah [VerfasserIn]
Luzze, Henry [VerfasserIn]
Turyahabwe, Stavia [VerfasserIn]
Dongo, John Paul [VerfasserIn]
Lopes, Constantino [VerfasserIn]
Dos Santos, Milena [VerfasserIn]
Francis, Joshua Reginald [VerfasserIn]
Arango-Loboguerrero, Magnolia [VerfasserIn]
Perez-Velez, Carlos M [VerfasserIn]
Koura, Kobto Ghislain [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Stephen M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Child
Journal Article
National tuberculosis program
Tuberculosis

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Date Revised 12.05.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/pathogens11020196

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337466491