Keywords :
Access, Tuberculosis, World Health Organization
Citation Information :
Shrivastava SR, Bobhate PS. Promoting Universal Access to Tuberculosis through a Five-pronged Strategy: World Health Organization. Indian J Respir Care 2024; 13 (4):268-269.
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be regarded as one of the leading diseases of infectious origin, accounting for the maximum number of deaths. Even though, owing to consistent and concerted efforts, we have made progress in terms of saving the lives of affected individuals and ensuring access to treatment, we are still off track in meeting our targets to end the disease epidemic by the year 2030. To interrupt the present trajectory of TB, there is an immense need to ensure access to disease-related prevention and care services, promote research and development, and introduce innovations. In the proposed initiative, five specific strategies—namely Engage, Accelerate, Align, Account, and Advocacy—have been proposed. In conclusion, in the battle against one of the deadliest infectious diseases, it is extremely crucial that no one must be left behind in equitably accessing prevention and care-related services. The proposed initiative is an attempt to intensify the ongoing efforts and thereby ensure that we take appropriate measures to be on the right track to attain the set targets by 2030.
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