Building New Relationships on TB Control, One BRICS at a Time

photo: Donna Todd https://bit.ly/2Id4pNA

photo: Donna Todd https://bit.ly/2Id4pNA

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Among the 22 countries considered to have a high burden of tuberculosis (TB), the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) account for at least 60 percent of notified cases. The BRICS are also estimated to account for 60 percent of the world’s cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

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Global Health, Multilateral Institutions, Infectious Disease, and Food Security
Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss

Senior Fellow and Director, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center

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