Assessing, Understanding and Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on TB Prevention, Care and Control

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has created many barriers to tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care, and it is threatening progress on reducing the global burden of this disease. In fact, 12 months of COVID-19 has eliminated 12 years of progress in fighting TB, according to the Stop TB Partnership.

Given the potential diversion of resources, shortages of staff, disruption of services, among other factors, new or adapted strategies are required to mitigate the potential impact of COVID on TB control efforts, ensure continuity of TB services and activities, and protect the lives of people with TB during this pandemic.

In this Special issue, we are calling for articles (perspectives, original articles and reviews) that document the impact of COVID-19 on TB patients and/or the TB continuum of care, as well as the testing, evaluation, implementation or scaling up of new interventions and approaches that will help understand and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the TB prevention, care and control cascade.

We seek submissions from around the world, but we are particularly encouraging submissions from individuals working in TB high-burden countries.

Dr. Debora Pedrazzoli
Dr. Palwasha Khan
Dr. Corinne Merle
Dr. Vanessa Veronese
Guest Editors

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