Measuring progress in global tuberculosis control: WHO Policy and Recommendations DRAFT
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Policies and recommendations on the measurement of TB prevalence (pages 19 to 26) are taken directly from the meeting report of the December 2007 meeting of the Task Force, except for text highlighted in yellow. Text highlighted in yellow is text that has been added or modified following the comments, advice and recommendations provided by WHO's Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on TB (STAG-TB) in June 2008. The issues covered by the text highlighted in yellow will be given particular attention during the presentation of this policy paper on Day 1 of the September 2008 Task Force meeting.
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