COVID-19, tuberculosis and poverty: preventing a perfect storm

Matthew J Saunders; Carlton A Evans

doi:10.1183/13993003.01348-2020

COVID-19, tuberculosis and poverty: preventing a perfect storm

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jul 9;56(1):2001348. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01348-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

Authors

Matthew J Saunders^{1

2

3}, Carlton A Evans^{4

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK matthew.saunders@ifhad.org.
² Innovation For Health And Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
³ Innovación Por la Salud Y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Perú.
⁴ Dept of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Abstract

The global health community must learn from COVID-19 and take action now on tuberculosis and its social determinants, potentially saving millions from a preventable and curable disease https://bit.ly/2LLgLgA

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Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Poverty
SARS-CoV-2
Tuberculosis*

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