Cameroon's multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment programme jeopardised by cross-border migration. Issue 2 (February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Matteelli, Alberto; Lönnroth, Knut; Mosca, Davide; Getahun, Haileyesus; Centis, Rosella; D'Ambrosio, Lia; Jaramillo, Ernesto; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; Raviglione, Mario C.
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 47:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 686
• Page End: 688
• Publication Date: 2016-02
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01597-2015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

We read with interest the correspondence from J. Noeske and colleagues on the potential effect of cross-border migration on the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment programme in Cameroon, elicited by our article on the framework for TB elimination in low TB incidence countries [1]. The manuscript highlights some of the consequences of cross-border migration for caring for people with TB and ending this epidemic, as well as relevant issues on clinical and public health management of MDR-TB in Cameroon. Cross-border migration: migrant and native populations' health cannot be ignored by national TB programmes http://ow.ly/U7TO4