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World Health Organization. ; UNICEF. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. ; Stop TB Partnership (World Health Organization) ; ... More +
World Health Organization. ; UNICEF. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. ; Stop TB Partnership (World Health Organization) ; United States. Agency for International Development. Less -
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Developed by WHO, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), and the Stop TB Partnership in collaboration with CDC, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other partners, outlines immediate actions that can be taken to accelerate progress against this deadly disease in children.

Key actions outlined in the Roadmap: Prioritize childhood TB at all levels and develop child-specific TB guidance; Empower healthcare workers to Think TB through training and access to childhood TB screening tools; Integrate TB screening into existing family, community, and health services; For every adult TB case, look for exposed children through contact tracing; Provide therapy to prevent TB for children at high-risk of developing disease; Collect and report more accurate data about TB in children to enable improved approaches; Invest in development of new tools, including child-friendly diagnostics and medicines.

ISBN: 978 92 4 150613 7

WHO/HTM/TB/2013.12


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Child
Child Mortality
Health Policy
National Health Programs
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/prevention And Control
Tuberculosis/prevention And Control

Document Type:
Book
Genre:
Guidance
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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urn:sha256:1469ea7ee40717b8b424abeb8a85514868c340d87d985fb2b067f0ac4cd90fc9
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