title: Can China achieve the WHO global targets for TB control by 2035?
abstract: To reach the ambitious WHO TB global targets by 2035, it is likely that China will need a comprehensive strategy that builds on its existing high-quality directly observed treatment, short-course program. This will require optimizing the use of existing tools within a changing health system landscape. In addition, new tools are needed to identify and treat TB in high-risk groups and in older people, who are a growing driver of disease incidence. Lastly, strategies are needed to address the proximate risk factors and social determinants that underlie trends in TB burden.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA g.h.huynh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Grace H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Huynh
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D023801:Directly Observed Therapy; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014943:Global Health; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: China; End TB Strategy; Sustainable Development Goals; Tuberculosis; WHO Global Targets