Tuberculosis and integrated child health — Rediscovering the principles of Alma Ata

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Highlights

  • The renewed commitment to Primary Health Care (PHC) presents an opportunity to reconsider latent synergies and novel partnerships for child health and development.

  • TB and HIV partners need to align better and jointly formulate strategies to scale up pediatric TB and HIV in an integrated MNCH and PHC context.

  • Integrated, family-centered approaches, implemented at the community and primary care facility level are key for bridging the pediatric TB and HIV gaps.

Keywords

Child survival
Tuberculosis
HIV
Primary health care

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