title: Childhood TB: can the End TB Strategy deliver?
abstract: The accelerated reductions in global TB incidence required to achieve the End TB Strategy goal will result in reductions in the burden of childhood TB. Contact screening and preventive therapy have emerged as important components of TB burden reduction, and family-centered approaches could be an effective route in delivering these activities. Lack of accurate diagnostics for children remains a critical barrier and a need remains for better collaborative and supportive links between the child health and TB control sectors. Irrespective of whether the ambitious targets can be achieved, the unprecedented opportunities provided by the End TB Strategy must be embraced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, UK james.seddon@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Seddon
authors.affiliation: Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France The Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Children; End TB Strategy; Paediatric; TB control; Tuberculosis; WHO