Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed – so they never even start treatment.
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The next step in HIV prevention — long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) — is not yet available in Canada, a year after its approval in the U.S.
Until vaccines that are capable of protecting all populations against TB are developed, treatment is the best option to preventing infection.
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Clinician-Scientist, St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
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Lead Senior Scientist, Aurum Institute
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Socio-behavioural Scientist and Senior Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia; University of Victoria