title: Tuberculosis control in Kyrgyzstan--an opportunity.
abstract: Tuberculosis incidence and mortality rates are rising steeply, reflecting economic hardship and the deterioration of the health infrastructure. The human and technical resources needed to reverse this trend are on hand, but cannot be used effectively without an adequate financial input. The cost of controlling tuberculosis now is modest compared with the cost of allowing it to increase.
authors.affiliation: Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Raviglione
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grzemska
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alisherov
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Limarev
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007707:Kyrgyzstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012922:Social Change; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*