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TB Impact Measurement Policy and recommendations for how to assess the epidemiological burden of TB and the impact of TB control
Global Health Security Capacities
Description
Global targets for reducing the epidemiological burden of tuberculosis (TB) - measured as incidence, prevalence and mortality - have been set for 2015 within the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and by the Stop TB Partnership. The targets are that the TB incidence rate should be falling globally by 2015 and that TB prevalence and death rates should be halved by 2015 compared with their levels in 1990. Achieving these impact targets is the focus of national and international efforts to control TB, and demonstrating whether or not they are achieved is of major importance for individual countries, the United Nations, the Stop TB Partnership and a variety of technical, financial and development agencies.