Doyoon Kim is a research assistant at the Emory Tuberculosis Center at Emory University, specializing in infectious disease epidemiology. Her research focuses on tuberculosis prevention and care, vaccine development, and public health interventions. She applies epidemiological methods to study TB transmission dynamics, vaccine hesitancy, and global health strategies, contributing to efforts that improve TB prevention and care.
This study suggests that South Korea’s LTBI mass screening program had limited impact on ending TB in low-risk groups. The findings highlight that implementing mass screening and treatment in such populations may not yield meaningful public health benefits. Instead, it emphasizes the need for targeted approaches addressing gender and SEP disparities to enhance TB prevention and care, emphasizing that reducing active TB transmission may be more effective than mass screening.
Source: Conference 2024