The World Health Organization (WHO) announced it is convening a Guideline Development Group to advise on updates to its recommendations on managing tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents.
Despite significant progress and greater understanding of the challenges faced in addressing TB in children and adolescents, critical gaps remain in TB case detection and provision of TB preventive treatments, stated the WHO on May 7, 2021.
The first edition of Guidance for national tuberculosis programs on the management of tuberculosis in children was published in 2006.
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