Ending tuberculosis in a post-COVID-19 world: a person-centred, equity-oriented approach.
Ending tuberculosis in a post-COVID-19 world: a person-centred, equity-oriented approach.
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在covid -19后的世界中消除结核病:以人为本、以公平为导向的方法。
DOI:
10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00500-x
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发表时间:
2023-03
影响因子:
56.3
通讯作者:
Dowdy, David W
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作者:
Ryckman, Theresa;Robsky, Katherine;Cilloni, Lucia;Zawedde-Muyanja, Stella;Ananthakrishnan, Ramya;Kendall, Emily A;Shrestha, Sourya;Turyahabwe, Stavia;Katamba, Achilles;Dowdy, David W
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted systems of care for infectious diseases—including tuberculosis—and has exposed pervasive inequities that have long marred efforts to combat these diseases. The resulting health disparities often intersect at the individual and community levels in ways that heighten vulnerability to tuberculosis. Effective responses to tuberculosis (and other infectious diseases) must respond to these realities. Unfortunately, current tuberculosis programmes are generally not designed from the perspectives of affected individuals and fail to address structural determinants of health disparities. We describe a person-centred, equity-oriented response that would identify and focus on communities affected by disparities, tailor interventions to the mechanisms by which disparities worsen tuberculosis, and address upstream determinants of those disparities. We detail four key elements of the approach (data collection, programme design, implementation, and sustainability). We then illustrate how organisations at multiple levels might partner and adapt current practices to incorporate these elements. Such an approach could generate more substantial, sustainable, and equitable reductions in tuberculosis burden at the community level, highlighting the urgency of restructuring post-COVID-19 health systems in a more person-centred, equity-oriented way.