Advances in clinical trial design for development of new TB treatments—Translating international tuberculosis treatment guidelines into national strategic plans: Experiences from Belarus, South Africa, and Vietnam

Grania Brigden; Nguyen Viet Nhung; Alena Skrahina; Norbert Ndjeka; Dennis Falzon; Matteo Zignol

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002896

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Advances in clinical trial design for development of new TB treatments—Translating international tuberculosis treatment guidelines into national strategic plans: Experiences from Belarus, South Africa, and Vietnam

Grania Brigden ,

* E-mail: grania.brigden@theunion.org

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease, Geneva, Switzerland

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-4121

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Nguyen Viet Nhung,

Affiliation National Lung Hospital, Vietnam NTP, Vietnam
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Alena Skrahina,

Affiliation Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and TB, Minsk, Belarus
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Norbert Ndjeka,

Affiliation Drug-Resistant TB, TB and HIV directorate, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
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Dennis Falzon,

Affiliation Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8798-7909

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Matteo Zignol

Affiliation Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Advances in clinical trial design for development of new TB treatments—Translating international tuberculosis treatment guidelines into national strategic plans: Experiences from Belarus, South Africa, and Vietnam

Grania Brigden,
Nguyen Viet Nhung,
Alena Skrahina,
Norbert Ndjeka,
Dennis Falzon,
Matteo Zignol

Published: October 18, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002896

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