Items tagged with TB epidemiology
XDR-TB reported in Romania: more cases may be expected (post)
Four cases have been detected in Oradea Municipality, Bihor County, Romania.
New survey finds TB in Bangladesh lesser than WHO estimates (post)
The preliminary data of the first-ever tuberculosis prevalence survey in Bangladesh has shown that the rate of the infectious disease is much lesser than the World Health Organisation’s estimates.
More bad news on the way for India, TB epidemic larger than imagined, says WHO (post)
Liverpool: Few days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicated that tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in India was larger than previously estimated and revised the TB estimates for India, the International health agency on Thursday said there could be more bad news on its way for India.
Prevalence of drug-resistant TB in West Africa higher than previously thought (post)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) could become a serious public health threat in West Africa unless effective surveillance and control measures are implemented, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine. Researchers from the West-African Network of Excellence for TB, AIDS and Malaria (WANETAM) found the prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) to be unexpectedly high in eight West-African countries.
Infection control and TB among health care workers in Viet Nam, 2009-2013: a cross-sectional survey (post)
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Marshall Islands launches mass TB screening program (post)
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (Marianas Variety, Nov. 11, 2016) – A mass TB screening program that could have global ramifications for TB control was launched last week in the Marshall Islands.
Extrapulmonary TB among females in South Asia — gap analysis (post)
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Impacts of TB go widely unrecognized, unaddressed in maternal and child health services (post)
ATLANTA, Ga, November 21 – Modeling suggests that tuberculosis is responsible for 6 to 15 percent of all maternal mortality.
New TB prevalence study coming in Myanmar in 2017 (post)
Hoping to confirm a suspected slight decline in tuberculosis cases, the Myanmar National TB Program will launch a prevalence study next year, the first since 2010.
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