Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Tuberculosis: renewed challenge in Brazil

  • Afranio Kritski,
  • Kleydson Bonfim Andrade,
  • Rafael Mello Galliez,
  • Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel,
  • Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos,
  • Silvana Spindola Miranda,
  • Teresa Scatena Villa,
  • Antonio Ruffino Netto,
  • Denise Arakaki-Sanchéz,
  • Julio Croda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0349-2017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 1
pp. 2 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract This article reviews tuberculosis control actions performed over the last decade, at a global level. The perspectives for the fulfillment of the goals of the new Global Tuberculosis Elimination Plan are described, where the insertion of social protection (Pillar 2) and research (Pillar 3) will play an innovative and strategic role, especially in high-burden countries, like Brazil.

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