Tuberculosis elimination in the post Millennium Development Goals era
The Millennium Development Goal for tuberculosis (TB) is to stop the increase in incidence and halve the mortality of TB between 1990 and 2015. This goal has now been reached on a global scale, although not in the most affected region of Africa. The new target is TB elimination, defined as one case...
Main Author: | Christian Wejse |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214017093 |
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