Background Globally, children under 15 years represent approximately 12% of new
tuberculosis cases, but 16% of the estimated 1.4 million deaths. This higher share of …

Children bear a substantial burden of suffering when it comes to tuberculosis. Ironically, they
are often left out of the scientific and public health advances that have led to important …

Tuberculous meningitis disproportionately affects young children. As the most devastating
form of tuberculosis, it is associated with unacceptably high rates of mortality and morbidity …

Background Tuberculosis is recognised as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
children, with most cases in children going undiagnosed and resulting in poor outcomes …

Summary Background Reaching the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on
Tuberculosis target of providing tuberculosis preventive treatment to at least 30 million …

Background Shorter regimens for tuberculosis prevention can improve completion rates and
protection against develo** active tuberculosis disease after tuberculosis exposure. We …

Early identification, screening and investigation for tuberculosis (TB), and provision of TB
preventive therapy (TPT), reduces risk of TB among child household contacts of pulmonary …

Background The prevention of tuberculosis (TB) in child contacts of TB cases and people
living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a public health priority, but global access …

Adult health behavior is established and formed in childhood, in which, besides the primacy
of the family, institutional education plays a significant role. The aim of our systematic review …

The provision of tuberculosis preventive treatment is one of the critical interventions to
reduce tuberculosis incidence and ultimately eliminate the disease, yet we still miss …