Vineet Bhatia

TL;DR: An action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence sets out priority interventions required for these countries to progress first towards “pre-elimination” and eventually the elimination of TB as a public health problem.

TL;DR: Anganwadi attendance score did not show any statistically significant association for decreasing the risk of getting malnourished for any grades of malnutrition in 7–13 years age group and there is special need to take special care for girls as well as to continue the special nutrition care even at an higher age.

TL;DR: Urgent, targeted and agile responses have the potential to mitigate and reverse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis in South-East Asia.

TL;DR: It is estimated that close to US$2 billion per year are needed in the region for TB-related activities for a meaningful bending of the incidence curve towards ending TB, and critical thresholds require an increase in spending by almost double the current levels.

TL;DR: The potential impact of full implementation of WHO guidelines on eligibility for preventive therapy to treat latent TB infection in the WHO South-East Asian (SEA) Region, which bears the largest burden of TB and LTBI amongst the WHO regions, is estimated.