Tuberculosis in children, adolescents, and women

Since tuberculosis was declared a global emergency in 1993, the introduction of the directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) and DOTS-Plus strategies has saved millions of lives, but has had little effect on transmission. Tuberculosis remains the leading infectious disease killer on the planet. Of the 7 million new tuberculosis cases notified to WHO in 2018, 58% were men, 34% were women, and 8% were children (aged <15 years). 1 WHOGlobal tuberculosis report. https://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/Date: 2019 Date accessed: February 12, 2020 Google Scholar The tuberculosis disease burden in children, adolescents, and women (appendix) imposes continuing challenges.