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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460200603321

Titolo

Global tuberculosis report 2013

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

92-4-069182-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Nonserial Publications

Disciplina

614.542

Soggetti

Tuberculosis - Prevention

Tuberculosis - Epidemiology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Executive summary; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The burden of disease caused by TB; Chapter 3. TB case notifications and treatment outcomes; Chapter 4. Drug-resistant TB; Chapter 5. Diagnostics and laboratory strengthening; Chapter 6. Addressing the co-epidemics of TB and HIV; Chapter 7. Financing; Chapter 8. Research and development; Annexes; 1. Methods used to estimate the global burden of disease caused by TB; 2. Country profiles; 3. Regional profiles; 4. Key indicators for the world, WHO regions and individual countries

Sommario/riassunto

This is the eighteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention care and control at global regional and country levels using data reported by almost 200 countries that account for over 99% of the world''s TB cases. Two years before the 2015 deadline for achievement of global TB targets the 2013 report includes a special supplement that assesses progress towards the 2015 targets and the actions needed to accelerate towards