This paper describes an action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence
(<100 TB cases per million population) that are striving for TB elimination. The framework …

Background The Antwerp ring road has a traffic density of 300,000 vehicles per day and
borders the city center. The ‘Ringland project’ aims to change the current ‘open air ring road’ …

Background European-specific policies for tuberculosis (TB) elimination require identification
of key populations that benefit from TB screening. Aim We aimed to identify groups of …

The tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate in Brussels-Capital Region is 3-fold higher than in
Belgium as a whole. Eight years after the realization of initial prospective population-based …

With interest we read the research letter by de Vries et al. [1] describing the yield of screening
asylum seekers from countries with a tuberculosis (TB) incidence of <50 per 100 000 …

Objective To assess the cost–effectiveness of the tuberculosis screening activities currently
funded by the Flemish government in Flanders, Belgium. Methods After estimating the …

The goal of tracing, testing, and quarantining contacts of infected individuals is to contain
the spread of infectious diseases, a strategy widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Introduction: Belgium is a country with low incidence of tuberculosis (TB) and a very low
number of TB cases in children. Children in contact with an adult smear-positive TB case are at …

Objectives: Currently, there are no European data about the frequency and clinical
significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) grown from respiratory samples during the …

Although I do agree with the general message of the article, in the case of Mozambique, the
brain drain is not the biggest problem. Neither are the salaries. It’s the pure lack of doctors. …