The burden of tuberculosis: measuring uncertainty

    Activity: Lecture / PresentationAcademic

    Description

    National TB programmes are viewed in light of their efforts to reduce the incidence of tuberculosis and tuberculosis-related mortality. But how are these important indices measured? How certain are the published estimates? The presentation highlights some common measurement approaches with a specific focus on Russia.
    Period15 Nov 2018
    Event titlePostgraduate course: Russian National Conference for Lung Physicians
    Event typeLecture
    LocationSt. Petersburg, Russian FederationShow on map
    Degree of RecognitionInternational

    Keywords

    • incidence
    • measurement
    • tuberculosis