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The ongoing COVID-19 mass testing and vaccination campaigns are the result of unprecedented financial investments, rapid research and development, collaborative science, and innovation in delivery systems. It would be a shame to not leverage these systems for other priorities in global health.

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  • The ongoing COVID-19 mass testing and vaccination campaigns are the result of unprecedented financial investments, rapid research and development, colla­ borative science, and innovation in delivery systems

  • COVID-19 and tuberculosis pose a deadly, dual threat—a syndemic that feeds on social inequities and poverty.[1]

  • Given the massive setback to progress in reaching tuberculosis targets, it is crucial to leverage COVID-19 innovations and systems to improve tuberculosis care and control

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Introduction

The ongoing COVID-19 mass testing and vaccination campaigns are the result of unprecedented financial investments, rapid research and development, colla­ borative science, and innovation in delivery systems. Given the massive setback to progress in reaching tuberculosis targets, it is crucial to leverage COVID-19 innovations and systems to improve tuberculosis care and control. We see many opportunities to use the lessons of COVID-19 to reimagine tuberculosis diagnosis.

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