Leveraging tuberculosis programs for future pandemic preparedness: A retrospective look on COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Worldwide, COVID-19 has decimated healthcare systems and highlighted the pressing need to ensure resilience for future pandemics. Given the almost 30% likelihood of another respiratory disease similar to COVID-19 manifesting in the next 10 years, it is imperative to prioritize pandemic preparedness in the immediate future. To this end, tuberculosis (TB) and its management share many similarities to respiratory disease protection, offering an opportunity to dually strengthen TB programs and protect against future pandemics. Looking at data from the World Health Organization (WHO), Global Fund, Our World in Data, and domestic health ministries, it was hypothesized that countries that had better TB program strength going into the pandemic fared better with COVID-19 than those with poorer TB t

SUBMITTER: Bowen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11376540 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature