Items tagged with Pediatrics
Children getting their own anti-TB drugs soon (post)
Several countries are in a race to make the first large-scale rollout of new tuberculosis drugs designed for young children.
Sub-group on Childhood TB to be formed in Pakistan in November (post)
Led by the National TB Control Programme (NTP), a sub-group on Childhood Tuberculosis will be established, tentatively by November 2016, as a first step to prioritise and scale up Pakistan's response to what still remains a relatively neglected area. Plans to revisit the guidelines on management of Childhood TB and to conduct a Childhood TB situation analysis are also in the pipeline. Additionally, a package of interventions will have been developed, by June 2017, for delivery of paediatric TB care in public and private sectors alike.
Maharashtra govt’s TB program: In need of immediate modification for children (post)
Seven-month-old Mohamed Afaan’s declining weight and constant throwing up kept baffling his father Gufran Malik. The baby, a patient of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), was under the government-funded treatment regime of seven drugs daily crushed into four parts, but was barely responding to the treatment. In June, when his weight dropped to 3.5 kg, field counsellors rushed him to a private doctor. What the counsellors realised was that Afaan was being administered medicines under the government’s free Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) that his body could not handle.
Making child friendly TB medicines available: a game changer for India (post)
Global Fund and USAID financing supports procurement of the new pediatric formulation in India through the Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility
TB Alliance partners with PepsiCo to advance the fight for improved medicines for children (post)
October 27, 2016 (LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND) – TB Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing better and faster cures for tuberculosis (TB), today announced a unique collaboration with food and beverage company PepsiCo designed to improve the treatment for children with TB. Many of today’s TB treatments are very bitter or unpleasant in taste, which when compounded with the long duration of treatment for TB, can lead to low tolerance and poor compliance – especially among children.
Tajikistan: Stories from MSF's paediatric TB projects (post)
Delamanid is one of the first new TB medicines in over 50 years, and recently the project team in Dushanbe, Tajikistan's capital, started treating a young TB patient with it. It follows several months of preparations and negotiations with the Ministry of Health and its counterparts.
WHO: The use of delamanid in the treatment of MDR-TB in children and adolescents: Interim policy guidance (post)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a public health challenge of growing concern. Approximately 580 000 people acquired MDR-TB in 2015, with children accounting for close to 30 000 of MDR-TB cases.
WHO: Technical assistance for the strengthening of childhood TB case finding and management in Liberia (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking a paediatrician with expertise in childhood tuberculosis (TB) for Liberia to facilitate (i) review of diagnostic practices in-country and confirmation of diagnostic algorithms; (ii) development of training materials on childhood TB and (iii) indicators for childhood TB case findings, treatment success and preventive chemotherapy (IPT) with annual targets up to 2020.
Why the Convention on the Rights of the Child must become a guiding framework for the realization of the rights of children affected by TB (post)
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Pediatric tuberculosis in Canada: A guide for physicians (post)
Although pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains relatively uncommon in Canada, some populations -- including Aboriginal communities -- have a much higher burden of disease. As a result, Canada should focus on addressing the high rates of the disease in these communities, according to a review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), http://www.cmaj.ca/site/press/cmaj.151212.pdf.
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