Items tagged with Drug-resistant TB
Fight against TB in Papua New Guinea bolstered by US$ 15 million (post)
WASHINGTON D.C., May 31, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a credit of US$15 million (PGK48 million) to support on-going efforts in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to combat the country’s growing tuberculosis epidemic.
Bedaquiline effective, safe, manageable across wide range of settings, five-continent data show (post)
Data on patients treated with one of the two newest tuberculosis medicines in 15 countries across five continents show that the treatment, which represents a last resort for hundreds of thousands of people with drug-resistant strains of disease, can be administered safely in a wide range of settings, and bring greatly improved outcomes compared to patients without access to the medicine, according to a recent study.
Collaborative public–private initiatives targeting MDR-TB supported by the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership: experiences in 2012–2016 (post)
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Bacteria from cystic fibrosis patient could help thwart antibiotic-resistant TB (post)
The number of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases is rising globally. But a newly discovered natural antibiotic — produced by bacteria from the lung infection in a cystic fibrosis patient — could help fight these infections. Lab testing reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society shows that the compound is active against multi-drug resistant strains.
Seoul OKs Eugene Bell Foundation's bid to send TB medications, other materials to North Korea (post)
SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry has approved the Eugene Bell Foundation Korea's application to send medications for tuberculosis and materials to build hospital wards to North Korea, an official said Tuesday.
Risk factors that may be driving the emergence of drug resistance in TB patients treated in Yangon, Myanmar (post)
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The Global Fund in China: Multidrug-resistant TB nationwide programmatic scale-up and challenges to transition to full country ownership (post)
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Needed at the G20 Summit: A global assault on drug-resistant TB (post)
Ever since Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, the mass production of antibiotics has been a vast boon to humanity, curing untold numbers of infections that were once a death sentence.
Nigeria adopts shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB (post)
Nigeria has adopted a new regimen that reduces the time required for the treatment of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) from 20 months to about nine months.
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