[
    {
        "id": "osp-2006",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Tuberculosis in Gulf Health Council Member States: Opportunities and Challenges Towards TB elimination",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al Awaidy",
                "given": "Salah T."
            },
            {
                "family": "Khamis",
                "given": "Faryal"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/tuberculosis-in-gulf-health-council-member-states-opportunities-and-challenges-towards-tb-elimination",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2018
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "DOI": "10.5001/omj.2018.35",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem affecting millions of people globally. In 2016, 10.4 million people developed TB causing 1.7 million deaths. Over 95% of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries. On 19 May 2014, the World Health Assembly adopted the World Health Organization Post-2015 Global TB strategy with its ambitious targets. The strategy aimed at reducing the number of TB deaths by 95% and decreasing its incidence by 90% by 2035 compared to 2015 levels. Low-incidence countries are those with a TB notification rate of < 100 TB cases (all forms) per million population and year. Pre-elimination is < 10 notified TB cases per million population and year, and elimination of TB as a public health problem is < 1 notified TB case per million population and year. In low-incidence countries, TB elimination requires tailored actions and bold interventions to improve care and strengthen preventive measures."
    }
]