Subnavigation

• Trade, foreign policy, diplomacy and health
• Foreign policy and global health
• Global health diplomacy
• Trade and health
• Internship opportunities
• Contacts

3. Tuberculosis control

Jim Yong Kim, Aaron Shakow, Arachu Castro, Chris Vande, Paul Farmer

Overview

This session looks at:

• tuberculosis (TB) as an infectious disease
• the socio-economic consequences of TB
• the global responses to TB
• TB control as a global public good
• political & economic barriers to TB control
• strategies for achieving elimination of TB

This session introduces TB as an infectious disease, describing the most common signs and symptoms affecting sick patients. It outlines the social and economic consequences of widespread infection, especially among the poor. It further details the global response to the epidemic, highlighting the notable success of the WHO recommended strategy for TB control. DOTS presents the argument for TB control as a global public good, and describes the political and economic barriers to effective global TB control discusses strategies for achieving the elimination of TB.