World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme — ‘The Clock is Ticking’ — and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Zumla, Alimuddin; Chakaya, Jeremiah; Khan, Mishal; Fatima, Razia; Wejse, Christian; Al-Abri, Seif; Fox, Greg J.; Nachega, Jean B.; Kapata, Nathan; Knipper, Michael; Orcutt, Miriam; Goscé, Lara; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Nagu, Tumaini; Mugusi, Ferdinand; Gordon, Alice Kizny; Shanmugam, Sivakumar; Bachmann, Nathan L.; Lam, Connie; Sintchenko, Vitali; Rudolf, Frauke; Amanullah, Farhana; Kock, Richard; Haider, Najmul; Lipman, Marc; King, Michael; Maeurer, Markus; Goletti, Delia; Petrone, Linda; Yaqoob, Aashifa; Tiberi, Simon; Diţiu, Lucica; Sahu, Suvanand; Marais, Ben J.; Issayeva, A; Petersen, Eskild

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.046

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“…In the same year, an estimated 1.3 million deaths, up from 1.2 million in 2019, occurred among HIV-negative people, and an additional 214,000 deaths occurred among HIV-positive individuals ( 1 ). In 2020, WHO reported a sharp reduction in TB case notifications in several high-TB-burden countries, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic ( 2 ). Rapid case detection and treatment initiation is critical to minimizing TB-related morbidity and mortality, especially among vulnerable groups, such as young children and people living with advanced HIV disease.…”

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High Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacillary Loads Detected by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay in Patient Stool: a Potential Alternative for Nonsputum Diagnosis and Treatment Response Monitoring of Tuberculosis

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High Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacillary Loads Detected by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay in Patient Stool: a Potential Alternative for Nonsputum Diagnosis and Treatment Response Monitoring of Tuberculosis

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“…A study done by Goletti et al demonstrated that LTBI tests were inconsistently performed and were done more frequently on foreign-born patients, older individuals and those with low CD4 cell count (Goletti et al, 2020). The local medical community can further improve on latent TB infection care to prevent active TB in the HIV population especially in a period of the COVID-19 pandemic to reach targets to end TB (Abri et al, 2020;Migliori et al, 2020;Zumla et al, 2021;Chakaya et al, 2021).…”

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Lack of latent tuberculosis (TB) screening and delay in anti-retroviral therapy initiation in HIV-TB co-infection: an 11-year study in an intermediate TB-burden country

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“…Although progress towards these goals has been made, it is below the threshold that would make TB elimination attainable [ 3 , 18 ]. It is also possible that the small gains made towards controlling TB were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing the global TB targets further into the future [ 7 , 19 ]. As the first point of contact with health services, PHC can reach large proportions of the population.…”

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Evidence of TB Services at Primary Healthcare Level during COVID-19: A Scoping Review

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Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health concern, despite the availability of preventative and curative therapies. Significant progress has been made in the past decade towards its control. However, the emergence of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted numerous essential health services, including those for TB. This scoping review maps the available evidence on TB services at the primary healthcare (PHC) level during the COVID-19 period. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Medline OVID, Medline EBSCO, and Scopus. A total of 820 articles were retrieved from the databases and 21 met the eligibility criteria and were used for data extraction. The emerging themes were the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services, patient and provider experiences, recommendations for TB services during the COVID-19 period, and the implementation of the recommendations. The review found that the mitigation strategies, as well as fear and stigma experienced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to TB cases potentially going undetected, which may threaten TB treatment outcomes. Therefore, efforts must be directed at finding these missing cases and ensuring that PHC facilities are equipped to adequately diagnose and treat them.

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World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme — ‘The Clock is Ticking’ — and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

High Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacillary Loads Detected by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay in Patient Stool: a Potential Alternative for Nonsputum Diagnosis and Treatment Response Monitoring of Tuberculosis

High Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacillary Loads Detected by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay in Patient Stool: a Potential Alternative for Nonsputum Diagnosis and Treatment Response Monitoring of Tuberculosis

Lack of latent tuberculosis (TB) screening and delay in anti-retroviral therapy initiation in HIV-TB co-infection: an 11-year study in an intermediate TB-burden country

Evidence of TB Services at Primary Healthcare Level during COVID-19: A Scoping Review

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