Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Citazione:
Global tuberculosis targets and milestones set for 2016-2035 : definition and rationale / K. Floyd, P. Glaziou, R.M.G.J. Houben, T. Sumner, R.G. White, M. Raviglione. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE. - ISSN 1027-3719. - 22:7(2018 Jul), pp. 723-730.
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Global tuberculosis (TB) targets were set as part of the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy (2016-2035) and the Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030). OBJECTIVE: To define and explain the rationale for these targets. DES IGN: Scenarios for plausible reductions in TB deaths and cases were developed using empirical evidence from best-performing countries and modelling of the scale-up of under-used interventions and hypothetical TB vaccines. Results were discussed at consultations in 2012 and 2013. A final proposal was presented to the World Health Assembly in 2014 and unanimously endorsed by all Member States. RESULTS: The 2030 targets are a 90% reduction in TB deaths and 80% reduction in TB incidence compared with 2015 levels. The 2035 targets are for reductions of 95% and 90%, respectively. A third target - that no TBaffected households experience catastrophic costs due to the disease by 2020 - was also agreed. CONCLUSION: The global TB targets and milestones set for the period 2016-2035 are ambitious. Achieving them requires concerted action on several fronts, but two things are fundamental: 1) progress towards universal health coverage to ensure that everyone with TB can access high-quality treatment; and 2) substantial investment in research and development for new tools to prevent TB disease among the approximately 1.7 billion people infected.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Control; Strategy; TB; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Infectious Diseases
Elenco autori:
K. Floyd, P. Glaziou, R.M.G.J. Houben, T. Sumner, R.G. White, M. Raviglione
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