Australian Respiratory Council

Amanda Christensen

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WHO Global TB 2020

TB remains the top infectious killer in the world claiming close to 4000 lives a day. Millions of people continue to fall ill with TB- a preventable and curable disease each year. The Global TB Report 2020 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and progress in the response, at global, regional

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The results are in: Artificial intelligence outperforms humans at reading chest x-rays for signs of tuberculosis

Lancet Digital Health just published the new ground-breaking study by the Stop TB Partnership, showing that artificial intelligence (AI) by far outperformed experienced human radiologists in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB). In theory, and increasingly in practice, AI can be used in synergy with existing human resources to accelerate TB case detection on the ground, modernizing TB

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