What must the nation do to eliminate TB? The distinguished committee from the Institute of Medicine offers recommendations in the key areas of epidemiology and prevention, diagnosis and treatment, funding and organization of public initiatives, and the U.S. role worldwide. The panel also focuses on how to mobilize policy makers and the public to effective action.
The book provides important background on the pathology of tuberculosis, its history and status in the U.S., and the public and private response.
The committee explains how the U.S. can act with both self-interest and humanitarianism in addressing the worldwide incidence of TB.