TUBERCULOSIS AND CORONAVIRUS

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated tuberculosis efforts, as revealed by the WHO 2021 Global TB Report. Find TB/COVID-specific resources, news, reports, and peer-reviewed publications below. 

​TB & COVID REPORTS AND UPDATES​

• Innovative TB Community Service Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and Kenya
  
• Tuberculosis deaths and disease increase during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
• ​​VPM1002 (Tuberculosis BCG Based Vaccine) for Prevent Covid-19 Market demand and future scope with Russia-Ukraine Crisis Impact Analysis –Vakzine Projekt Management (VPM), Serum Institute of India
  
• U.S. SUPPORTS QUEZON CITY IN FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND COVID-19
  
• 2022 SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19 - U.S. IMPACT ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
  
• The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data
  
• WHO: State of inequality: HIV, tuberculosis and malaria
  
• Global Fund Applauds Luxembourg’s Contribution to the COVID-19 Response Mechanism
  
• COVID Deaths in 2021 > Combined Death Toll of HIV, TB, Malaria in 2020   
  
• Dismal global tuberculosis situation due to COVID-19
  
• USAID'S COVID-19 RESPONSE: LATEST NEWS
  
• New NACCHO Case Study Series Highlights LHD and Health Center Partnerships to Address TB and COVID-19
  
• A Critical Chance to End Pediatric TB in the Era of COVID-19
  
• Economic impact of tuberculosis mortality in 120 countries and the cost of not achieving the Sustainable Development Goals tuberculosis targets: a full-income analysis
• ​A second call for case studies of programmatic innovations to address challenges in TB prevention and care during the COVID-19 pandemic
  

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TB & COVID RESOURCES

• Severe COVID-19: A TB Risk Factor
  
• Updated WHO Information Note: Ensuring continuity of TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
• WHO - Information Note: Tuberculosis and COVID-19
  
• WHO - Programmatic innovations to address challenges in tuberculosis prevention and care during the COVID-19 pandemic
• WHO - Joint Statement: WHO Director-General AND THE Civil Society Task Force on TB Urgent actions to stop preventable deaths and suffering due to tuberculosis and recover gains lost during the COVID-19 pandemic

• MSF - COVID-19: Avoiding a ‘second tragedy’ for those with TB
  

• we are TB - The impact of COVID-19 on the TB epidemic: A community perspective 

• Stop TB Partnership - Civil Society Report on TB and COVID
• Stop TB Partnership - The potential impact of Covid-19 on global resource needs for TB and its impact on the TB Global Plan 2018-2022
• Stop TB Partnership - One Year of COVID-19 & Its Impact On Private Provider Engagement For TB: A Rapid Assessment of Intermediary NGOs In Seven High TB Burden Countries
• Stop TB Partnership - COVID-19 Response Mechanism
• Stop TB Partnership - STATEMENT ON BCG VACCINATION AND COVID-19 New Tools Working Groups
• Stop TB Partnership - Operational guidance on service delivery to TB patients (drug-susceptible and drug-resistant) during the COVID-19 pandemic​
• ​The Global Fund - COVID-19 Information Note: “Catch-up” Plans to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Service
• The Global Fund Issues New Guidance in Response to COVID-19
• ​Path - Leveraging the COVID-19 response to fight tuberculosis in China
• PEPFAR - Technical Guidance in Context of COVID-19 Pandemic 

TB & COVID PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS​​​​​

• Effect of BCG on Respiratory Complications Caused by COVID-19: A Scoping Review
  
• ​Facilitators and barriers to TB care during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
• A high-resolution 3D atlas of the spectrum of tuberculous and COVID-19 lung lesions
  
• COVID-19 and global childhood tuberculosis notifications
  
• Global impact of COVID-19 on childhood tuberculosis: an analysis of notification data
  
• Inequalities in the impact of COVID-19-associated disruptions on tuberculosis diagnosis by age and sex in 45 high TB burden countries
  
• Disseminated Tuberculosis Post COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
  
• ​The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data
  
• The COVID-19 and TB syndemic: the way forward
  
• Multiple BCG vaccinations for prevention of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in Type 1 diabetes
  
• Heterogeneous impact of Covid-19 response on tuberculosis burden by age group
  
• ​A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Severe Dengue, and COVID-19 With Venous Thromboembolism in an Indian Male: World's First Case
  
• Clinical Features and Treatment Outcome of Coronavirus and Tuberculosis Co-Infected Patients: A Systematic Review of Case Reports
  
• ​Accelerating TB diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
• The intersecting pandemics of tuberculosis and COVID-19: population-level and patient-level impact, clinical presentation, and corrective interventions
  
• ​Decrease in Tuberculosis Cases during COVID-19 Pandemic as Reflected by Outpatient Pharmacy Data, United States, 2020   
  
• Telehealth Reduces Missed Appointments in Pediatric Patients with Tuberculosis Infection
  
• Integrated screening and testing for TB and COVID-19 in Peru
  
• ​Tuberculosis in times of COVID-19
  
• BCG vaccination history associates with decreased SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence across a diverse cohort of health care workers
  
• BCG vaccination in health care providers and the protection against COVID-19
  
• ​COVID-19 Pandemic Disruption on the Management of Tuberculosis Treatment in Indonesia
  
• Measles, Tuberculosis Vaccines Could ‘Flatten the COVID-19 Curve’
  
• Why has the incidence of tuberculosis not reduced in London during the COVID-19 pandemic?
  
• National TB prevalence surveys in the COVID-19 era
  
• Sociodemographic Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Mortality Among Persons Diagnosed With Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in Close Succession in California, 2020
  
• Morbidity and Mortality Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness Hospitalized With COVID-19 
  
• Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of and Risk Factors for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection Among Pregnant Individuals in the United States 
  
• Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis and HIV services: A cross-sectional survey of 669 health professionals in 64 low and middle-income countries
  
• Implications of COVID-19 in high burden countries for HIV/TB: A systematic review of evidence
  
• The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tuberculosis epidemic a modelling analysis
  
• Prevalence of comorbid tuberculosis amongst COVID-19 patients: A rapid review and meta-analysis   
  
• ​The impact of COVID-19 on HIV, TB and malaria services and systems for health
  
• The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data
  
• One year of COVID-19 and its impact on private provider engagement for TB: A rapid assessment of intermediary NGOs in seven high TB burden countries - ScienceDirect
  
• COVID-19 and Pulmonary Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Coinfection
  
• Causes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from the perspectives of health providers: challenges and strategies for adherence to treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
  
• Is the tuberculosis response another casualty of COVID-19?
  
• ​​Economic impact of tuberculosis mortality in 120 countries and the cost of not achieving the Sustainable Development Goals tuberculosis targets: A full-income analysis​

TB & COVID IN THE NEWS​​

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of TB in a low-incidence setting
  
• Co-testing a single sputum specimen for TB and SARS-CoV-2
  
• Tuberculosis and COVID-19 lung lesions revealed by high-resolution three-dimensional imaging​
• WHO Report: Years of Progress in Global Tuberculosis Upset by COVID-19 Pandemic
  
• IGRA test for TB in COVID-19: role of corticosteroids
  
• Readers respond: Tuberculosis surging after COVID-19
  
• Tuberculosis control: getting back on track in the era of COVID-19
  
• TB is surging again—can lessons from the covid-19 pandemic help?
  
• WHO Warns TB Is Rising, And Covid Is To Blame
  
• ​Coronavirus disruptions linked to increase in TB deaths
  
• Why Did We Need COVID Vaccines if the TB Vaccine Offers Protection?
  
• ​The need to address the impact of COVID-19 on TB control for vulnerable groups
  
• The COVID-19 pandemic does not bode well for TB control
  
• Impact of COVID-19 on diagnosis and testing for TB in a high-resource, low-burden setting
  
• Responding to the post-pandemic crisis: post-exposure prophylaxis for TB
  
• 100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine may protect against COVID
  
• TB Drug vs. COVID?
  
• Why a Century-Old Vaccine Offers New Hope Against Pathogens
  
• The COVID-19 and TB syndemic: the way forward
  
• TB diagnosis and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
• ​TB reporting declines in priority countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
• The Intersection of SARS-CoV-2 With TB: It's Complicated
  
• Towards meaningful inclusion of people affected by TB: lessons from the COVID-19 response
  
• Inhaled vaccine for COVID-19: The pandemic accelerated decades of research leading to jab-free vaccine now in human testing
  
• Covid-19 Has Made Tuberculosis Even More Of A Forgotten Pandemic
  
• Q&A: We did it for COVID-19 — so why not for TB?
  
• Surge of HIV, tuberculosis and COVID feared amid war in Ukraine
  
• Did COVID-19 Hide or Reduce Tuberculosis Cases?
  
• Like COVID, TB is a pandemic and must be treated as an emergency
  
• Worrying lack of funding for tuberculosis
  
• ​Can we stop COVID-19 from becoming the next tuberculosis?
  
• Fund tackling AIDS, TB, malaria seeks $18 billion to reverse COVID disruptions
  
• Preparing For TB, Polio, Measles, and COVID-19 Outbreaks
  
• Like COVID, TB is a pandemic and must be treated as an emergency
  
• Can we stop COVID-19 from becoming the next tuberculosis?
  
• Fund tackling AIDS, TB, malaria seeks $18 billion to reverse COVID disruptions
  
• ​Opinion: The pandemic crushed treatment for other diseases. But it may give us an edge in the future.
  
• Before COVID, TB was the world's worst pathogen. It's still a 'monster' killer
  
• ‘Phantom Plague’ Review: Tuberculosis Past, and Future
  
• The scientific response to TB – the other deadly global health emergency
  
• Inmate dies at Bexar County jail due to COVID-19 complications, authorities say
  
• Impact of COVID-19 on extrapulmonary TB and the benefit of decentralised TB services
  
• Considerations for simultaneous testing of COVID-19 and tuberculosis in high-burden countries
  
• Decreased notification of TB cases during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB infection testing
  
• TB Vaccines and COVID-19
  
• Study: TB Vaccine Linked to Lower Risk of Contracting COVID-19
  
• Tuberculosis Vaccine Could Assist Future COVID-19 Vaccine Development
  
• Covid-19’s Devastating Effect on Tuberculosis Care — A Path to Recovery
  
• Tech has been central to U.S. pandemic response. But social behaviors matter just as much | Opinion​​
  
• I have TB — am I at greater risk of catching Covid-19?
  
• THE JOURNEY OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE
  
• Mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis are resistant to secondary infection with SARS-CoV-2
  
• How COVID-19 threatens to undo years of progress in TB control
  
• Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic Extends To Tuberculosis And Neglected Tropical Diseases
  
• The COVID pandemic must lead to tuberculosis vaccines
  
• Sen. Menendez, TB aid is desperately needed in the time of COVID-19 | Opinion
  
• Call for action on TB as deaths rise for first time in decade
  
• COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens to Undo Years of Progress in Tuberculosis Control
  
• ​Global tuberculosis progress reversed by COVID-19 pandemic
  
• How COVID-19 threatens to undo years of progress in TB control
  
• COVID-19 and tuberculosis co-infection in pregnancy - A case series and review
  
• This Partnership Is Saving Millions of Lives Through Tackling AIDS, TB, Malaria & COVID-19. But How?
  
• Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Children and Adolescents
  
• The COVID pandemic must lead to tuberculosis vaccines
  
• US-CDC supports Rivers with integrated HIV, TB, COVID-19 screening   
  
• ‘A global wake-up call’: In shadow of COVID-19, TB deaths rise for first time in 15 years
  
• Global TB deaths are rising — and COVID gets the blame
  
• TB progress ‘unravelling’ due to COVID-19, WHO warns
  
• The COVID pandemic must lead to tuberculosis vaccines
  
• Tuberculosis, Like Covid, Spreads by Breathing, Scientists Report
  
• Pandemic Disruptions Blamed for First Increase in Estimated Tuberculosis Deaths in More Than a Decade
  
• COVID pandemic demonstrates why U.S. should fund more tuberculosis prevention work
  
• Predicted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global tuberculosis deaths in 2020
  
• COVID-19 Measures Are Soft Compared With Tuberculosis Rules
  
• Tuberculosis Elimination Loses to COVID-19 Pandemic​
  
• 2021 may be worse for tuberculosis
  
• COVID-19 combined with funding shortfalls are devastating efforts to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030- New data shows
• Report: COVID-19, lack of funding are hampering TB response
  
• The Pandemic Has Set Back the Fight Against H.I.V., TB and Malaria
  
• Global Progress Against HIV, TB, Malaria Faltered During Pandemic
  
• COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says
  
• ​COVID-19 Causes Major Interruption in Global HIV Progress
  
• Pandemic reverses TB testing gains, Bicol‌ and ‌Apayao‌ ‌are exceptions  
  
• How Manila is using its COVID-19 response to find TB patients
  
• Severe COVID can awaken ‘dormant TB,’ says doctor and tuberculosis researcher
  
• Only 2% TB patients infected with Covid
  
• Respiratory syncytial virus, tuberculosis, liver abscess infections surge as post-COVID symptoms among children
  
• COVID-19 Has Devastated HIV and TB Services According to New Global Fund Report
  
• Covid Coughs Up New Problem: A Greater Vulnerability To TB
  
• SHAH: Pandemic policies are not new