Missing in action: Why children are not getting TB treatment
Every day, more than 650 children around the world die from tuberculosis – largely because they have never had the chance to be diagnosed and treated.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, children have fallen behind on almost every score – from access to schooling and nutrition to mental health and basic health services. But nowhere are those gaps more urgently in need of being addressed, than in the case of the world’s most deadly infectious disease.
In commemoration of World Children’s Day 2021, observed 20 November, Health Policy Watch interviewed Dr Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership, about how seriously children are lagging behind in TB diagnosis and treatment – and what can be done about it.
To read the full interview, click here.
Source: Health Policy Watch
