FeedbackBox 1 summarizes the current WHO recommendations regarding interventions to address TB and diabetes. Other recommendations for TB screening, diagnosis, treatment and care, regardless of diabetes status, may also be applicable and have been published in respective modules of the WHO consolidated guidelines on TB, available on the WHO TB Knowledge Sharing Platform (https://tbksp.org/en) (24–32).
a Diabetes is one of the risk factors to be considered when prioritizing TB screening of people attending a health-care service or facility (26).
b In the Collaborative framework for care and control of tuberculosis and diabetes, the recommendation “Screening for TB disease on broader indications (for example in all people diagnosed with diabetes, regardless of symptoms) should be explored as part of the research agenda for improved TB diagnosis among people with diabetes” has been included in Annex 2 on research gaps.
