Tuberculosis and integrated child health — Rediscovering the principles of Alma Ata

•The renewed commitment to Primary Health Care (PHC) presents an opportunity to reconsider latent synergies and novel partnerships for child health and development.•TB and HIV partners need to align better and jointly formulate strategies to scale up pediatric TB and HIV in an integrated MNCH and PHC context.•Integrated, family-centered approaches, implemented at the community and primary care facility level are key for bridging the pediatric TB and HIV gaps. Tuberculosis (TB) is the number-1 infectious disease killer on the planet, but few people appreciate that TB is also among the top-10 causes of under-5 mortality in TB endemic areas (WHO, 2018World Health Organization Global tuberculosis report.2018Google Scholar; Dodd et al., 2017Dodd P.J. Yuen C.M. Sismanidis C. Seddon J.A. Jenkins H.E.…