Tackling two pandemics: a plea on World Tuberculosis Day

Type Journal Article Author Tom Wingfield Author Luis E. Cuevas Author Peter MacPherson Author Kerry A. Millington Author S. Bertel Squire URL https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30151-X/abstract Series Comment Volume 8 Issue 6 Pages 536-538 Publication The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ISSN 2213-2600, 2213-2619 Date 24/03/2020 Extra Publisher: Elsevier PMID: 32220280 Journal Abbr The Lancet Respiratory Medicine DOI 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30151-X Library Catalog www.thelancet.com Language English Abstract We are facing an unprecedented pandemic. A quarter of the world's population is infected and, between 2020 and 2021, it is predicted that 10 million people will have fallen ill, 3 million will not have been diagnosed or received care, and more than 1 million—mainly the most vulnerable—will have died.1 This pandemic is not COVID-19 but tuberculosis. On World Tuberculosis Day, it is worth comparing the COVID-19 and tuberculosis pandemics to ensure that, while we focus on the former, we do not forget the latter. Short Title Tackling two pandemics