20% of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment

One in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases in children under the age of 15 could be averted every year by household contact management, according to a new modeling study published in The Lancet Global Health.

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