Open AccessTuberculosis control in Europe needs expanded DOTS, linked HIV/TB control, and improved surveillance
Author(s) -
A Infuso,
J Veen
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.25.01948-en
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , tuberculosis control , soviet union , incidence (geometry) , epidemiological surveillance , medicine , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , epidemiology , control (management) , virology , political science , computer science , pathology , artificial intelligence , physics , optics , politics , law
The eighth Wolfheze Workshop, in the Netherlands from 7-12 June 2002, has concluded that tuberculosis (TB) control in Europe needs expanded directly observed treatment-short course (DOTS), linked HIV and TB control, and improved surveillance. The workshop consisted of three consecutive modules attended by a total of 92 delegates from 45 countries. The first Wolfheze workshop on tuberculosis control in Europe was held in 1990 as a policy platform for low tuberculosis incidence countries. It became a platform for TB control in all of Europe after the epidemiological changes observed in the former Soviet Union.