Children and Adolescents

children and adolescents
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Children and Adolescents

3.2.1.4. Adverse reactions

BCG vaccine is used extensively worldwide, with about 100 million newborns vaccinated each year. Severe adverse events are reported only occasionally. For some adverse events (e.g. disseminated BCG disease), the diagnosis may depend on the culturing of M. bovis BCG to distinguish it from other forms of mycobacterial disease (33). It is important to recognize that M.

Annex 7. Overview of options for neurocognitive and functional testing at end of treatment for TB meningitis

Table A7.1.

Note: these developmental assessment tools have not been formally adapted for use in low- and middle-income countries, and locally determined norms have not been developed. Interpretation of results requires careful consideration of the local context. A number of in-country locally developed screening tools are also available.

Annex 1. Selected resources on child and adolescent TB

Roadmap

Roadmap towards ending TB in children and adolescents, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/275422/9789241514798-eng.
pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y).

 

WHO operational handbooks

WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 1: prevention – tuberculosis preventive treatment. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240002906).

8. References

  1. Global tuberculosis report 2021. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021 (https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/346387, accessed 1 December 2021).

  2. Snow KJ, Sismanidis C, Denholm J, et al. The incidence of tuberculosis among adolescents and young adults: a global estimate. Eur Respir J. 2018;51(2):1702352.

  3. WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/352522/9789240046764-eng.pdf).