WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience: screening, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis disease in pregnant women

Overview

Tuberculosis (TB) poses a serious threat to the lives and health of pregnant women and their infants, but is often not recognized during pregnancy and the postpartum period. It is crucial that TB disease and risk for TB progression are recognized and treated, to protect the health of the mother and infant.

This brief highlights the context-specific recommendation on TB screening in pregnant women and the policy and programme implications for translating this recommendation into action at the country level.