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The impact of COVID-19 and the restoration of tuberculosis services in the Western Pacific Region

Chen-Yuan Chiang¹, Tauhid Islam², Caihong Xu³, Thilaka Chinnayah⁴, Anna Marie Celina Garfin⁵, Kalpeshsinh Rahevar², Mario Raviglione⁶

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¹ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
² End TB and Leprosy Unit, Division of Programmes for Disease Control, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
³ National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
⁴ Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Sector, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
⁵ Department of Health, Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Manila, Philippines.
⁶ Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 32978310
PMCID: PMC7518076
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.03054-2020

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The impact of COVID-19 and the restoration of tuberculosis services in the Western Pacific Region

Chen-Yuan Chiang et al. Eur Respir J. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 22;56(4):2003054.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.03054-2020. Print 2020 Oct.

Authors

Chen-Yuan Chiang¹, Tauhid Islam², Caihong Xu³, Thilaka Chinnayah⁴, Anna Marie Celina Garfin⁵, Kalpeshsinh Rahevar², Mario Raviglione⁶

Affiliations

¹ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
² End TB and Leprosy Unit, Division of Programmes for Disease Control, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
³ National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
⁴ Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Sector, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
⁵ Department of Health, Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Manila, Philippines.
⁶ Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 32978310
PMCID: PMC7518076
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.03054-2020

Abstract

While COVID-19 has imposed great challenges to national tuberculosis programmes, it has also created opportunities to develop innovative strategies to ensure continuity of TB services and ultimately to strengthen TB care, prevention and control https://bit.ly/3bHDQx0

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: C-Y. Chiang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: T. Islam has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Cr. Xu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: T. Chinnayah has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A.M.C. Garfin has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K. Rahevar has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Raviglione has nothing to disclose.

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