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. 2018 Mar 24;391(10126):1129-1132.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30484-7.

Addressing social determinants to end tuberculosis

Tom Wingfield  1 , Marco A Tovar  2 , Sumona Datta  2 , Matthew J Saunders  2 , Carlton A Evans  2
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Addressing social determinants to end tuberculosis

Tom Wingfield et al. Lancet. .
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Conflict of interest statement

CAE and MAT were involved in the ISIAT study and we are all involved in the HRESIPT and CRESIPT studies discussed here. TW was a winner of The Academy of Medical Sciences-Lancet Young Investigator Prize in 2017. We declare no other competing interests. We, the IFHAD group, receive funding from the Wellcome Trust, Department for International Development Civil Society Challenge Fund, Joint Global Health Trials consortium, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Imperial College National Institutes of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Sir Halley Stewart Trust, WHO, TB REACH, National Institute for Health Research (UK), Academy of Medical Sciences, and IFHAD.

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