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World TB Day 2021: the latest economics research

sedonasweeney
March 24, 2021March 20, 2021
Economic Evaluation (category), Public Health (category)

Today marks World Tuberculosis (TB) Day – a celebration of the anniversary of Robert Koch’s announcement that he had discovered the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria, which causes the disease. Today, 139 years after this announcement and in the context of… Read More »World TB Day 2021: the latest economics research

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catastrophic costs

World TB Day 2021: the latest economics research

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