This section highlights recent articles published in The Lancet Global Health focusing on tuberculosis prevention, screening, and coverage mapping.
Mapping Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination coverage in Africa from 1990 to 2022: a novel spatiotemporal modelling study
Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, MPH ∙ Beth Gilmour, PhD ∙ Prof Archie C A Clements, PhD ∙ Prof Peter Gething, PhD ∙ Susan F Rumisha, PhD ∙ Jailos Lubinda, PhD ∙ Kefyalew Addis Alene, PhD
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00304-3/fulltext
The effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and return on investment of scaling up tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment in Brazil, Georgia, Kenya, and South Africa: a modelling study
Juan F Vesga, PhD ∙ Mona Salaheldin Mohamed, PhD ∙ Monica Shandal, MSc ∙ Elias Jabbour, MSc ∙ Nino Lomtadze, MD ∙ Mmamapudi Kubjane, PhD ∙ Prof Anete Trajman, PhD ∙ Prof Gesine Meyer-Rath, PhD ∙ Zaza Avaliani, PhD ∙ Wesley Rotich, MSc ∙ Daniel Mwai, PhD ∙ Julio Croda, MD ∙ Hlengani T Mathema, MPH ∙ Immaculate Kathure, MD ∙ Rhoda Pola, MSc ∙ Fernanda Dockhorn Costa, MD ∙ Norbert O Ndjeka, MMed ∙ Maka Danelia, PhD ∙ Maiko L Tonini, PhD ∙ Nelly Solomonia, PhD ∙ Daniele M Pelissari, PhD ∙ Dennis Falzon, MD ∙ Cecily Miller, PhD ∙ Ines Garcia Baena, MSc ∙ Nimalan Arinaminpathy, PhD ∙ Prof Kevin Schwartzman, MD ∙ Saskia Den Boon, PhD ∙ Jonathon R Campbell, PhD
Https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00321-3/fulltext
Screening for asymptomatic tuberculosis among adults with household exposure to pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective observational cohort study
Simon C Mendelsohn, MBChB PhD ∙ Humphrey Mulenga, PhD ∙ Michele Tameris, MBChB ∙ Tumelo Moloantoa, MBChB ∙ Stephanus T Malherbe, MBChB PhD ∙ Austin Katona, MS ∙ Fernanda Maruri, MPH ∙ Firdows Noor, MBChB ∙ Ravindre Panchia, MBBCh ∙ Khuthadzo Hlongwane, MSc ∙ Kim Stanley, MSc ∙ Yuri F van der Heijden, MD ∙ Katie Hadley, PhD ∙ Dominique T Ariefdien, BMedScHons ∙ Prof Novel N Chegou, PhD ∙ Prof Gerhard Walzl, PhD ∙ Prof Thomas J Scriba, DPhil ∙ Prof Timothy R Sterling, MD ∙ Prof Mark Hatherill, MD, the RePORT South Africa Study Team
Https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00276-1/fulltext
