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Editorial
. 2020 Nov;5(11):e003979.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003979.

India's syndemic of tuberculosis and COVID-19

Rukmini Shrinivasan  1 , Saurabh Rane  2 , Madhukar Pai  3
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Editorial

India's syndemic of tuberculosis and COVID-19

Rukmini Shrinivasan et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: public health; tuberculosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: MP is on the editorial board of BMJ Global Health. He has no financial or industry conflicts.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Routine BCG immunisation data from India’s National Health Mission’s Health Management Information System (NHM-HMIS) for the January to June 2020 period, in comparison to similar data for 2019. Source: National Health Mission’s Health Management Information System (NHM-HMIS).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Number of patients with TB registered on DOTS and completed treatment, in India’s National Health Mission’s Health Management Information System (NHM-HMIS) for the January to June 2020 period, in comparison to similar data for 2019. Source: National Health Mission’s Health Management Information System (NHM-HMIS). TB, tuberculosis.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Data from Nikshay TB notification system by India’s National TB Elimination Programme on TB for the April to August 2020 period, in comparison to similar data for 2019. Source: Nikshay, Central TB Division, National TB Elimination Programme. TB, tuberculosis.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Key results for India from a large civil society-led survey on the impact of COVID-19 on the TB epidemic. Source: report on ‘The impact of COVID-19 on the TB epidemic: A community perspective’.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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