SDG GOALS

New “test and treat” methods are helping prevent and treat new TB cases

Delegates drawn from 34 countries, including India, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Bangladesh met and agreed on a “Goa Declaration” that called on world leaders to adopt successful strategies that are evidence and science-based approaches to find, treat and prevent TB. Those can be integrated as part of their existing programs to demonstrate high impact interventions.

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