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National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis : year one report

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    2017 | NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATING MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS
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    Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious disease killer globally, and in 2015 it claimed the lives of 1.8 million people. The deadly disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is transmitted through the air from person to person and it occurs in the U.S. and around the world. TB is curable, but inappropriate treatment can lead to multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), which is resistant to the two most effective anti-TB drugs, and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), which is often deadly. An MDR-TB outbreak in the U.S. or in other countries will have serious consequences for individuals due to the long, difficult and toxic treatment regimen required, and for health systems and economies due to the very high cost of treatment and the burden that MDR-TB places on health providers and institutions.

    In December 2015, the U.S. Government released a plan to address this growing crisis domestically and internationally and to advance research on this critical public health issue. The National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (National Action Plan) is a five-year plan that not only builds on the U.S. Government’s domestic and global TB strategies, as well as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) END TB Strategy, but also contributes to the success of these existing strategies.

    Running title: 2017 | NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATING MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS

    NAP-for-Combating-MDR-TB-Year-One-Report-508-v10.pdf

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    27 numbered pages
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