Variation in policy and practice of adolescent tuberculosis management in the WHO European Region

Eur Respir J. 2016 Sep;48(3):943-6. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00704-2016. Epub 2016 Jul 28.

Authors

Nick Blok¹, Martin van den Boom², Connie Erkens³, Masoud Dara², Susan van den Hof⁴

Affiliations

¹ KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands nick.blok@kncvtbc.org.
² World Health Organization, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands.
⁴ KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands Dept of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Guidelines specifically addressing adolescent tuberculosis are needed for uniform and evidence-based management http://ow.ly/BMm63015LcY

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Factors
Europe
Health Policy*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Tuberculosis / therapy*
World Health Organization

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International