[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 12, 22 March 2012

Editorials


Can the economic crisis have an impact on tuberculosis in the EU/EEA?


M J van der Werf ()<SUP>1</SUP>, J Giesecke<SUP>1</SUP>, M Sprenger<SUP>1</SUP>
  1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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Citation style for this article: van der Werf MJ, Giesecke J, Sprenger M. Can the economic crisis have an impact on tuberculosis in the EU/EEA?. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(12):pii=20122. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20122
Date of submission: 15 March 2012 <HR>
Each year, 24 March marks World Tuberculosis Day in an attempt to raise public awareness about the epidemic. The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will exchange their views on tuberculosis (TB) in Europe in a debate on 21 March 2012. In preparation of this debate concerns were raised about the effect of the current economic crisis on TB. (?)
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